Higher Education News

An online teacher licensure program from UNC and N.C. State University could help fulfill the state’s need for licensed elementary and special education teachers. read more

UNC is expanding its Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program to Guilford Technical Community College and Central Piedmont Community College. read more

Mary Sue Coleman ’69 (PhD), a national leader in higher education, will deliver the 11th annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy. read more

It’s held that spot among public universities for 17 consecutive years. read more

The University doesn’t track the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals among its student body, but there are DACA students — and alumni — who qualify for the program President Donald Trump has ordered phased out. read more

The University has met funding setbacks with innovation in the quest to maintain the promise of covering 100 percent of need for low-income students. read more

The program is intended to help the state address its widening teacher shortage by providing a new avenue for lateral-entry teachers to gain licensure. North Carolina employs more than 4,300 lateral-entry teachers, according to a 2015 report by the… read more

The University is helping launch a new alliance that aims to make a college degree possible for more students, regardless of their ability to pay. read more

Three Carolina undergraduates are recipients of a fellowship set up by two alumni for students who have started a Chinese language journey and seek to develop advanced working language skills. read more