News
UNC System’s ‘Project Kitty Hawk’ competes for online students
Project Kitty Hawk offers students 15 different degrees from UNC System programs, including an MBA, registered nursing, and health administration.
News
UNC board member says online learning should become higher priority
Marty Kotis, a member of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, for years has pushed for more online learning programs from UNC’s college campuses. He hasn’t gathered much support, but that may change now that the coronavirus pandemic is uprooting traditional higher education. “I hate that this is what it takes for...
News
Nontraditional colleges and learning methods raise expectations for people willing to explore
Higher education is the object of aspiration and frustration. A lofty aim that, while promising opportunity, evokes feelings of anxiety from throngs of students neither academically nor financially secure. Commissions, boards, and committees spend hours deliberating on the subject. Politicos pontificate about gaps in student achievement. Newspapers and magazines publish story after story detailing the...
Podcast
$30,000 Fine: End of Perdue Campaign Finance Story?
Don Carrington on Perdue campaign's $30,000 fine; Bob Orr on issues in Highway Trust Fund case; Tom Fetzer & Marc Farinella spar over Perdue case; Jason Kay on constitutional rights for third parties; Terry Stoops on positive classroom disruption.
Opinion
No. 928: THE MARKET WILL TEST ONLINE EDUCATION
UNC should be looking for new, original ways of using the Internet to connect students, wherever they might be, with good learning experiences.
Opinion
Call. 1: States use online learning to save space, cut spending
What has been called a “crisis” by some higher education leaders in North Carolina is being viewed as an opportunity to cut state spending and improve services in Washington State.
