CHARLOTTE – The man who built Bank of America came to North Carolina for its university – and he says it’s our responsibility to make sure others get the same opportunity to get a quality education at a reasonable price. “One of the great things for North Carolina is our university system,” Hugh McColl, the… READ MORE
ECSU Chancellor: Train students to create jobs, not just fill them
^ PHOTO ABOVE: Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Thomas Conway with UNC President Margaret Spellings as she visits ECSU’s aviation program. ELIZABETH CITY – Thomas Conway took over as Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University in January, following a tumultuous few years of leadership changes and enrollment challenges at the campus. Widely respected by his… READ MORE
“High tech/high touch” at WSSU
WINSTON-SALEM – Dr. Manjunatha Bhat teaches anatomy and physiology by what he calls “high tech and high touch.” With classes of as many as 100 students, technology must play a role. And Bhat, who came to Winston-Salem State University in 2008, is regarded as an expert in teaching and learning technologies. He helps train fellow… READ MORE
NCGAP: Right problem, wrong solution
“Right problem, wrong solution.” That’s how University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings sums up NCGAP, the legislature’s program to force a percentage of public university applicants to enroll in community college instead.1 She reiterated that point last week, calling on lawmakers to defer or amend the program when they return to Raleigh next… READ MORE
UNCG professor sees a Digital Zen
GREENSBORO – Religion, we all know, is a touchy subject – but imagine how challenging it is to teach religion in a world that is both increasingly polarized and increasingly digital. Through a mixture of enthusiasm, humor, scholarship and technology, that’s where Dr. Gregory Price Grieve lives. Grieve, an Associate Professor and Head of the… READ MORE
HB2 tarnishes our brand
North Carolina, its institutions of higher education and its communities have just seen their brand tarnished. HB2, the new law that requires LGBT folks to use the restroom of the sex on their birth certificate1 has been an enormous, costly embarrassment2 for a state that has real issues to confront. UNC System President Margaret Spellings… READ MORE
Learning how bees talk at UNC Charlotte
CHARLOTTE – At a time when honey bees are in serious – and mysterious – decline, Dr. Stanley Schneider and his students are figuring out how the bees talk. Schneider, a biology professor at UNC Charlotte, describes teaching as a “contagious enthusiasm” that captures students’ imaginations. Schneider believes taking part in research is the primary… READ MORE
New Community College President a man of many hats
RALEIGH – Dr. James “Jimmie” Williamson has worn quite an assortment of hats – and he might need them all when he becomes President of the NC Community College System on July 1. Williamson, currently President and CEO of the South Carolina Technical College System, will succeed Scott Ralls, who left last year to become… READ MORE
‘Flocking’ to organic chemistry?
WILMINGTON – Who loves organic chemistry? Dr. Sridhar Varadarajan’s students at UNC Wilmington do. “The students flock to his courses and love his lectures,” writes one colleague. “This is the more remarkable as organic chemistry is usually among the courses most dreaded by the students at the outset.” It’s one reason Varadarajan, an Associate Professor… READ MORE
NCGAP: You’re in, but you’re not
The General Assembly needs to defer its deferred admissions program. In a provision tucked into the state budget last year, legislators declared that 6-year graduation rates at our state’s public universities are too low – even though they are nearly 10 percentage points above the national average.1 Legislators ordered the University and Community College systems… READ MORE
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