The History and Future of Academic Freedom at UNC EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Over most of UNC’s history… READ MORE
NC Senate envisions UNC-ECU health network
RALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – There’s a big idea afoot in the NC Senate’s version of the state budget that would create an integrated network of UNC and ECU physicians, rural health clinics across the state and a half-billion-dollar new UNC Children’s Hospital. In conjunction with the expansion of Medicaid to bring federal dollars to… READ MORE
UNC cancer researcher Earp receives O. Max Gardner Award
RALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – At least 1 in 3 of us will experience cancer at some point in our lives. And a man who’s dedicated his life to fighting that scourge for millions of patients was recognized for it today. The UNC Board of Governors awarded Dr. H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp, longtime director of… READ MORE
Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part I
Academic Freedom is the Foundation for Great Universities EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Almost 700 faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill… READ MORE
Senate budget: Simply not enough
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. The budget proposal released this week by the state Senate is simply not enough to improve public education in North Carolina. There’s an undeniable link between education and a skilled workforce. Yet state legislators don’t seem to get that. At a time when average teacher pay… READ MORE
Recognition – finally – for nursing instructors?
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – While the NC Senate’s proposed budget for 2023-25 has plenty of shortcomings, there’s at least one bright spot for nursing instructors in North Carolina. The Senate proposal includes pay increases of 5% over the next two years for most community college and state university employees, plus an additional 10% increase… READ MORE
Senate directs $1.4B to rural development
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – The NC Senate’s proposed budget for next year would direct more than $1.4 billion – nearly 5% of the state budget – to a nonprofit to convert public university research to economic development outside the Triangle. “We need to extend economic (vitality) into every corner of this state. To do… READ MORE
What price control of UNC? $400M
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – What price control of the UNC System? Apparently about $400 million. The cost of a new “Education Campus” to be built across Salisbury Street in Raleigh from the Legislative Building to house offices of the UNC System, NC Community College System, Department of Public Instruction and Department of Commerce has… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Failure to act. Part I
By Art Padilla This is what failure to act looks like. After two decades of excess, inanity, and myopia, universities are now living with the often-predicted consequences that should have been anticipated, both in their big-time sports programs and in the rest of the university. Part I: Big-time college sports Considering big-time college athletics first,… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Failure to act, Part II – The rest of the university
By Art Padilla The non-athletic elements of the universities are also seeing their locus of control moving away from their scholarly centers. Failure to act in the face of bureaucratic bloat, excessive administrative spending, and a persistent critique over unwise policies, has resulted in an erosion of support and trust. Bureaucratic bloat Two art history… READ MORE
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