Higher Education

May 15, 2018

First in Future: NC State Vice Provost Dr. Warwick Arden

Summary:  How many of you are doing what you thought you would be when you graduated? That is a question that our guest asks when he is speaking to groups… 

Apr 23, 2018

Students Give Their Take on NC’s Rural-Urban Divide

Eager to hear the youth perspective on bridging North Carolina’s rural-urban divide, the Institute for Emerging Issues bridged a “Wolfpack-Tar Heel” divide this semester as we worked with a group of… 

Apr 17, 2018

First in Future: North Carolina State Senators Jay Chaudhuri and Danny Britt

Summary:  A recent survey showed that only a third of millennials consider public service an appropriate career track. A group of young NC legislators want to change that. That’s why… 

Mar 13, 2018

First in Future: Transylvania County Commissioner Page Lemel

Summary: Next month the Institute for Emerging Issues will be launching KidsReadyNC, a four-county Tier 1 and Tier 2 focus on early childhood education.This initiative is an 18-month effort to help selected… 

Jan 23, 2018

First in Future: Duke Sanford School of Public Policy Professor Ken Dodge

Summary: Did North Carolina’s investments in pre-kindergarten programs like SmartStart make a difference for our state’s children? How long did the effects last? Did they make a substantial difference in… 

Jan 16, 2018

First in Future: UNC-TV Director of Children’s Media and Educational Service Joy Potts

Summary: Over the 31 years of the Emerging Issue Forum, we have had CEOs, governors, and presidents as speakers. The first time ever, we have booked a red, furry monster –… 

Jan 9, 2018

First in Future: East Durham Children’s Initiative President & CEO David Reese

Summary: If you are talking to the smartest people in the state, you have to talk to David Reese. He’s figured out how to deliver a diverse group of services like… 

Jan 2, 2018

First in Future: Former Governor James B. Hunt (Part 2)

Summary:  As we move into the new year, we sat down with former Governor Jim Hunt to try to exact some of what he has learned during his lifetime –… 

Dec 26, 2017

First in Future: Former Governor James B. Hunt (Part1)

Summary:  Through out his long service to the state, even former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt’s opponents admit that he was a man perfectly suited to be Governor, and in… 

Dec 19, 2017

First in Future: Holiday Tree Economics with Mike Walden and Tommy Burleson

Summary:  The use of the evergreen trees to symbolize the arrival of winter goes back well beyond 2000 years. But over time they came to be one of the symbols…