CHAPEL HILL â Aziz Sancar, the UNC-Chapel Hill scientist who just won the Nobel Prize in chemistry along with Duke scientist Paul Modrich, is paid $103,000 a year by the state. 1 And Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jim Goetz of Sequoia Capital recently told a Triangle audience that Stanfordâs president isnât looking to Harvard or… READ MORE
VIDEO: Reynolds CEO: One companyâs reliance on NC higher ed
WINSTON-SALEM â Partnerships between the business world and academia take many, many forms. In the accompanying video, Susan Cameron, the President and CEO of Reynolds American, Inc., details one companyâs reliance on higher education in North Carolina. Cameron describes Reynoldsâ long relationship with agronomy research at NC State University, its support for scholarships at Winston-Salem… READ MORE
VIDEO: Bringing the Big Top to Reynolds
ROSS: Faculty salaries a âglaring weaknessâ for North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 10, 2015) â University of North Carolina System President Tom Ross told a roomful of supporters Saturday that North Carolinaâs public universities weathered the recession quite well â with one major exception. âWeâve fallen behind in faculty salaries, and weâre falling farther behind,â Ross said. âWeâve got a problem there we have… READ MORE
VIDEO: Randy Woodson on NC State and Agriculture
Agriculture remains North Carolinaâs biggest industry â 80 billion dollars a year big. In the accompanying video, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson talks about the technology â much of it developed at NC State â that supports modern agriculture. He also discusses the demands created by a global population projected to grow by 2-1/2… READ MORE
SWEET POTATOES: NCSU finds new homes for an old friend
Sweet potatoes are a traditional crop in North Carolina â the state leads the nation in sweet potato production, and the sweet potato is even recognized as the state vegetable. In the accompanying video, Chancellor Randy Woodson talks about NC State Universityâs efforts to make nutrient-rich sweet potatoes available to people around the globe, and… READ MORE
Bonds will build capacity for âjobs that donât yet existâ
RALEIGH (Sept. 30, 2015) â A bright spot for higher education in the final days of the 2015 General Assembly is a $2 billion bond package that North Carolina voters will be asked to approve next March. âWhat are we buying here? Houses of knowledge, factories of knowledge,â declared Rep. William Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, senior chair… READ MORE
NYT: An expanding role for public institutions?
By ERIC JOHNSON NEW YORK â For the second year, UNC Chapel Hill has been named one of the best universities in the country for serving an economically diverse group of students. The New York Times released the second annual College Access Index last week, highlighting schools that do the best job of recruiting and… READ MORE
State Budget: Tax cuts limit options
RALEIGH (Sept. 16, 2015) â Even with conservative revenue targets, Republican legislative leaders say their budget compromise for 2015-17 boosts education spending by more than half a billion dollars. The $21.7 billion budget would increase total education spending by $531 million, with a $410 million increase for public schools, an additional $21 million for community… READ MORE
VIDEO: UNC-CH Chancellor Carol Folt on Access, Affordability
WASHINGTON â Speaking recently to the National Press Club, Chancellor Carol Folt of UNC-Chapel Hill described efforts to keep costs down, reach into high schools, set examples for students and support them once they go to college. âIf weâre going to really make accessibility, affordability the brand for our nation, we need to do this,â… READ MORE
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