- Community college: ‘It’s not less than’DOBSON – David Shockley has felt it himself. He’s felt the stigma, he says in the accompanying video, that going to community college is somehow less than being a student at ...Read more
- Putting the ‘community’ in community collegeDOBSON – There’s a reason they’re called community colleges. North Carolinians embrace their community colleges in both big ways and small. “We have had individuals in the community that just are always ...Read more
- How investments in education pay offCHAPEL HILL – Chancellor Carol Folt refers to UNC Chapel Hill’s medical/pharmaceutical research complex as “a biomedical juggernaut” – and others are starting to take notice of North Carolina’s university-driven ...Read more
- NCCU’s Eagle PromiseDURHAM – North Carolina Central University makes a promise to its students, and in the accompanying video, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye outlines the Eagle Promise. Akinleye traces NCCU’s emphasis on providing access ...Read more
- An array of offerings at NCCUDURHAM – People are sometimes surprised to learn NC Central University is home to two biotechnology research institutes, Chancellor Johnson Akinleye says. But that’s not all. In the accompanying videos, Akinleye ...Read more
- Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&TDURHAM – Starting in fall 2018, NC Central University and NC A&T State University will offer elite, Morehead-Cain-style merit scholarships to their very best students. In 2016, the NC General Assembly ...Read more
- Video: Superintendent Mark Byrd – Inspiring Students in Wilkes CountyMark Byrd, Superintendent, Wilkes County Schools, shares how he inspired a senior who was dropping out of school with two or three weeks left in the school year. The student ...Read more
- Students prepared from day one to join the biotech industryDURHAM – The world of biotechnology can seem bewildering, but the thrust in North Carolina Central University’s biotech world is twofold: Conduct research. And produce minority researchers. NCCU launched the Julius ...Read more
- Identify health disparities, then take it to the next stepDURHAM – With a $16.3 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, researchers at North Carolina Central University hope to not just identify health disparities, ...Read more
- UNC Board of Governors – Year in ReviewBy W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As ...Read more