DURHAM – Fourteen students at Durham Tech already have one foot on a university campus. Literally. When applicants fall just short of admission standards at NC Central University, NCCU doesn’t write them off. Under a 2014 agreement with Durham Tech, the university invites selected applicants to join a program called Eagle Connect. The students pay… READ MORE
Food for thought at UNC Asheville
Asheville is known nationally for its food scene, so it’s no surprise UNC Asheville Professor Sally Wasileski is a devoted and creative cook. More surprising is that the accomplished chemistry professor created an entire course that turns the chem lab into an experimental kitchen, allowing students to roast, reduce and bake their way through analytical… READ MORE
‘Stagnant’ salaries: Time to invest in human capital
RALEIGH – We agreed last week to invest in physical capital for North Carolina’s public universities and community colleges, approving $2 billion in bonds by a 2-to-1 margin. Now it’s time to invest in human capital as well. When state legislators return to Raleigh next month for their session to adjust the state budget, they… READ MORE
A popular math teacher?
PEMBROKE – Math teachers don’t often win popularity contests. Across the UNC system, mathematics is among the most challenging disciplines, with courses in calculus and statistics reporting some of the highest failure rates. So it’s striking to read a flood of glowing student comments about Dr. Steven Bourquin, chair of UNC Pembroke’s Department of Mathematics… READ MORE
NC voters reaffirm support for public higher education
RALEIGH (March 17, 2016) – Once again, North Carolina voters affirmed their deep support for public higher education Tuesday, approving $2 billion in Connect NC bonds by a vote of 66% to 34%.1 More than two-thirds of the bonds will build capacity at public universities and community colleges across the state in high-demand fields: Medicine…. READ MORE
Voters Approve $350 Million for NC Community Colleges
Much-Needed Construction, Repair and Renovation to Begin at all 58 Colleges RALEIGH (March 16, 2016) – North Carolina voters approved Tuesday’s $2 billion bond referendum with nearly two-thirds supporting the infrastructure projects, including $350 million designated for North Carolina’s 58 community colleges. The vote marks the initial step in the first major infusion of capital… READ MORE
CONNECT NC: Don’t pass up an important decision
March 14, 2016 – Not long before an early-voting site in Raleigh closed Saturday, two blind women made their way, white canes in hand, to vote in the primary election and the Connect NC bond referendum. One was young, one was elderly. One white, one black. If they can do it, so can you. Don’t… READ MORE
Connect NC bonds would fill critical STEM needs
By Susan D. DeVore President & CEO, Premier, Inc. Trustee, UNC Charlotte According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare represents our nation’s largest and fastest growing employment sector, generating close to 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and projected to increase 10.8 percent, adding 15.6 million more jobs, by 2022. By and… READ MORE
BONDS: NC ramps up for 10 million residents
You don’t add 2 million people without scaling up. Two million people have moved here since the last state bond referendum in 2000.1 The Connect NC bonds on the ballot Tuesday are a modest effort to build educational capacity for a state of 10 million people that’s now the 9th-largest. The bonds amount to $2… READ MORE
UNCW health professionals in demand as NC grows
WILMINGTON – The number of students at UNC Wilmington’s College of Health and Human Services has more than doubled since 2010, and the University expects even greater expansion in the years ahead. 1 That’s why the Connect NC bonds on the ballot March 15 would bring a much‐needed, $66 million upgrade to the University’s health… READ MORE
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