higher education
Hire education: WalletHub’s Top 10 colleges and universities in NC
Oct. 15. Duke University is the No. 1 university in North Carolina according to a new study from WalletHub. Rounding out the Top 3 were UNC Chapel Hill and Davidson College. WalletHub compared 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing […]
Restricting college tenure could hurt state economies
June 13. By Stephen Elliott | NC Newsline. North Carolina is among the states in which proposals to end academic tenure for university professors have been advanced. Daniel Brinks, who chairs the government department at the University of Texas at Austin, doesn’t usually have a tough time recruiting professors. After all, UT is one of […]
New development officer at CPCC
April 25. Lisa Schlachter of Charlotte is the new vice president of Institutional Advancement at Central Piedmont Community College where she will lead fundraising efforts as director of the Central Piedmont Foundation. She was vice president of financial development YMCA of Greater Charlotte. She began her career in alumni relations at the University of Louisiana […]
UNCC education dean will speak at LKN Chamber Power Luncheon
Feb. 10. Dr. Malcolm Butler will discuss the teaching pipeline and what the future of teaching looks like post COVID at the Lake Norman Chamber Power Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 16 at Northstone Country Club, Bio Butler, the dean of the Department of Education at UNC Charlotte, earned a B.S. in in Physics from Southern University […]
Leaders from LKN join governor’s commission on public universities
Nov. 30. Two Lake Norman higher education leaders have joined the newly formed Governor’s Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina. Thomas W. Ross Sr. of Davidson, the new co-chair, is the former president of the Volcker Alliance, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina System and president emeritus of Davidson […]
Op-Ed: Universities must innovate, reinvent
Nov. 16. [Opinion] By Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., Chancellor, UNC Greensboro. Colleges and universities across North Carolina and the nation are encountering stiff headwinds. College enrollment fell by more than 1 million students during two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and worse is yet to come. The high school-age population will begin to shrink […]
Quillen to step down as Davidson president; Anthony Foxx will lead search committee
Aug. 5. Carol Quillen will step down as president of Davidson College after the 2021-2022 school year. She will return to Davidson as a professor of history after a sabbatical year in 2022-23. Former Charlotte Mayor and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, a 1993 graduate, will lead the search committee for the Davidson’s next […]
Urban Institute has new interim director
May 3. Lori Thomas is the new interim director of the UNC-Charlotte Urban Institute. She replaces Jeff Michael, the Institute’s long-time director, who is leaving the position April 30 after serving 18 years to become North Carolina’s Deputy Secretary for Natural Resources. Thomas, who is also an Associate Professor of Social Work, serves as executive director […]
