- Mother of invention: UNC System responds to COVID-19CHAPEL HILL ā At the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year on University of North Carolina campuses, few would have predicted the year would end in a global pandemic. Yet here ...Read more
- Caudill: If ever basic research matteredā¦By W. Lowry Caudill CHAPEL HILL ā We need an answer for coronavirus in a hurry. Scientific research generally doesnāt happen in a hurry. So thank goodness for the work Dr. Ralph Baric ...Read more
- Roper: āJust get the budget doneāCHAPEL HILL ā Legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper think theyāre scoring political points in their standoff over the 2019-21 state budget, which still hasnāt been adopted more than six ...Read more
- UNC Presidential Search: Independence, integrity, statureEDITORāS NOTE: A delegation of Higher Ed Works board members met last week with Randy Ramsey, Chair of the UNC System Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the Boardās Presidential ...Read more
- A look at NCās HMSIsRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ā Some North Carolinians arenāt familiar with our stateās Historically Minority-Serving Institutions (HMSIs) ā but HMSIs are taking on growing importance in efforts to build an educated ...Read more
- RTI & University CollaborationRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ā RTI International was founded 60 years ago to offer opportunities to high-level science graduates emerging from North Carolinaās universities. And those relationships continue to this day. āNorth Carolina ...Read more
- MyFutureNC: 2 million educated workers by 2030CHAPEL HILL ā The NC General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper adopted an ambitious goal: To provide an additional 400,000 North Carolinians with degrees or high-quality credentials by 2030 beyond ...Read more
- Roper: āMore people graduating faster than everāCHAPEL HILL ā The strategic plan developed by former UNC System President Margaret Spellings, Higher Expectations, talks about building more āon rampsā to higher education for underrepresented rural, minority and ...Read more
- Gallup finds dissatisfaction among recent UNC System gradsCHAPEL HILL ā A recent Gallup survey of UNC System graduates found that almost two-thirds ā 64 percent ā strongly agreed that their education was worth the cost. Thatās 14 ...Read more
- Roper: āThatās all given us by researchāCHAPEL HILL ā Check this on your smartphone: In the past 30 years, weāve seen technological innovations we never could have dreamed of in health care, communications and any number ...Read more