Countdown to college: Triangle campuses prepare for arrival of new students, plus a higher education update

0:01:00A higher education updateAs colleges get ready for students to arrive on campus for the fall semester, Leoneda Inge talks with higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about some of the biggest issues confronting higher education institutions — including federal research funding, DEI, and enrollment.Brianna Atkinson, Higher Education Reporter, WUNC News0:13:00Countdown to college: new students arrive on campusColleges in the Triangle and across the country are getting ready for students to come back to campus — especially for those coming to college for the first time. Co-host Jeff Tiberii is joined by local college administrators who work to ease that transition and set up students for success.Crystal N. Fletcher, MPA, Director, New Student and Family Programs, North Carolina Central UniversityGrace Sullivan Zirkle, Associate Dean of Students & Director of New Student and Family Programs, Duke UniversityJillian Cross, PhD, Associate Director, New Student and Family Programs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill0:33:00Parents of college-bound students have questions...lots of questionsWhen first-year students start their collegiate journeys this semester, their families may be just as nervous as they are. Penny Fleming knows all too well about the concerns and questions that new student parents and loved ones have — she hears it all as a volunteer administrator of the Duke University Parents’ Facebook group.From first-generation families to international students, Fleming talks with Leoneda Inge about how she helps every kind of first-year family navigate the often-challenging transition to college.Penny Fleming, volunteer administrator of Duke University Parents’ Facebook groupRelated: An article about Penny Fleming's volunteer work at Duke University in The Chronicle.