North Carolina Central University Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon says the Durham school will prioritize more housing and more online options in order to reach its “next step” of 10,000 students.
“Students want to come but it’s also a double-edged sword,” the chancellor said during an event hosted by The Assembly on Wednesday. “We don’t have housing!” Her remarks were part of the first event in The Assembly’s Newsmakers Series, which focused on the future of higher education and also included RTI CEO Tim Gabel and UNC system president Peter Hans.
The HBCU’s enrollment grew by 13.5 percent in the past year, making it the fastest growing school of the 17 UNC system campuses. That brought the school up to about 8,000 enrolled students. The campus is, per Dixon, “busting at the seams.”…