At the request of University of North Carolina President-Elect Margaret Spellings, the university system hired The Boston Consulting Group to conduct an organizational assessment. After interviews with 140 stakeholders across the system, the consultants released a draft report at the UNC Board of Governors’ retreat last week in which they highlighted themes that emerged from… READ MORE
FAYETTEVILLE – The Lyons Science Complex at Fayetteville State University was built in 1981, the same year IBM introduced its first personal computer. That PC weighed 28 lbs — without the monitor and keyboard — and featured a cassette player as an optional attachment. 1 A lot has changed since 1981, but Fayetteville State’s main… READ MORE
Margaret Spellings, who will assume office March 1 as President of the University of North Carolina System, wrote the following essay for The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute. It is republished here with permission from the George W. Bush Institute. President Bush often reminds us that to whom much is given… READ MORE
RALEIGH – With global population swelling and farm acreage shrinking, agriculture faces enormous challenges to feed and clothe the human race in coming decades. Increasingly, the answers to those challenges will be found in laboratories. And NC State University aims to revolutionize modern agriculture for both North Carolina and the world with its Plant Sciences… READ MORE
WINSTON-SALEM – African-Americans account for 12% of the U.S. population, yet only 5% of the people who work in science and engineering.1 Winston-Salem State University intends to do something about that with one of the projects in the Connect NC bond referendum that North Carolina voters will decide on March 15. WSSU intends to produce… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina is now the nation’s 9th-most populous state – and more people need more doctors. One-third of the state’s physicians are expected to retire in the next four years, and the state is projected to need 1,885 more physicians by 2030. The Connect NC bond package that voters will decide on… READ MORE
Fifteen years have passed since North Carolinians overwhelmingly approved $3.1 billion in higher-education bonds in 2000. With support from 70 percent of voters and a majority in all 100 North Carolina counties, the 2000 vote reaffirmed North Carolina’s historical commitment to public higher education. The success of that effort – at the time, the largest… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (January 15, 2016) – At a statewide gathering of university faculty, Higher Education Works Executive Director David Rice said the public too often misses the link between reductions in state funds and rising tuition at North Carolina’s public universities. North Carolina’s shift away from public support has had a direct impact on tuition… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – The Connect NC bonds on the ballot in the March 15 primary election will help connect real students with real jobs. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. “Cone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them… READ MORE
RALEIGH (Jan. 5, 2016) – Since North Carolina’s last bond referendum 15 years ago, 2 million people – the equivalent of the entire state of Nebraska – have moved to North Carolina. “Two million people is a gigantic burden to be placed on our infrastructure,” Jim Rose, a regional president for Yadkin Bank, told several… READ MORE
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