- Noses in, fingers outUniversity board members need to know their limits. “A lot of boards get into trouble when they begin to micromanage the situation,” Lou Bissette, former Chair of the UNC Board of ...Read more
- Hans: Increasing out-of-state cap “will help get us there”https://youtu.be/UHvuIYL6dBA In a recent Higher Ed Works webinar, SACSCOC President Belle Wheelan and former UNC Board of Governors Chair Lou Bissette discuss balancing in- and out-of-state students. “It’s a hairy mess,” ...Read more
- UNC System Governance: Look like North CarolinaRALEIGH (Feb. 17, 2021) – As state legislators begin to consider their 2021 appointments to the UNC System Board of Governors, we revisit the series Making Governance Work that we ...Read more
- King Prather: We are all ancestors of ourselvesBy N. King Prather My insides have been in knots since I heard Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, on Jan. 6, say that today is the day “we kick ass and ...Read more
- Don Flow: The case for NC education investmentsEDITOR’S NOTE: As state legislators returned to Raleigh recently for their 2021 session, Winston-Salem businessman Don Flow shared the following thoughts with legislative leaders. By Don Flow America is in the midst of ...Read more
- ‘A reimagined university’ at UNCCHAPEL HILL – The coronavirus pandemic certainly brought challenges to UNC-Chapel Hill. But it also prompted advances, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video from a recent Zoom interview. https://youtu.be/8-5r8A5EjkI Innovations in ...Read more
- December relief package to send UNC System $288 millionCHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of ...Read more
- Guskiewicz: In a better positionCHAPEL HILL (Jan. 19, 2021) – UNC-Chapel Hill learned a few things about COVID-19 and human behavior last fall. As students resume classes today, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying ...Read more
- Financial challenges at Chapel HillCHAPEL HILL (Jan. 15, 2021) – Between reduced state support over the past decade and additional spending due to the coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill faces substantial financial challenges. “We will have ...Read more
- A prudent delay to in-person classesCHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert ...Read more