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Sept. 23, 2004

UNC System President to Address Teaching Challenges for Global Workforce

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system, will address the widening gap between a traditional college education and the skills required for today’s workforce at a forum from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, in room 216 of Poe Hall on the North Carolina State University campus.

Media coverage of the forum is welcomed. The event is free and open to the public.

Broad will be joined by Barry Eveland, vice president of IBM; Dr. T.J. Bryan, chancellor of Fayetteville State University; and Dr. Sam Houston, president and CEO of the N.C. Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center.

The forum, titled “Building a Nation of Learners: The Need for Changes in Teaching and Learning to Meet Global Challenges,” is sponsored by NC State’s William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and the Bettye MacPhail-Wilcox Administrative Technology Fund. The purpose of the periodic Friday Forums is to bring educators and the general public together to address educational issues that have widespread impact.

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