By Paul Wiles WINSTON-SALEM (December 15, 2021) – Sometimes things that sound the same are not really the same at all. I would argue that when you think of higher education, you might assume that college is college, and you might not readily see the differences between community colleges and universities. Both systems offer access… READ MORE
Art Padilla: On moving the UNC headquarters
By Dr. Art Padilla RALEIGH (December 1, 2021) – Without much discussion, even within the UNC Board of Governors itself, the NC Legislature seems intent on moving the headquarters of the 17-campus University of North Carolina from where it has resided for the last half century, Chapel Hill. The idea is to relocate it to… READ MORE
Buck Goldstein: The partnership is broken
By Buck Goldstein CHAPEL HILL (October 28, 2021) – In North Carolina, the relationship between the flagship public university and the state seems to be broken and getting worse. And that’s despite the good intentions of the chancellor, the chair of the faculty, and the leader of the Board of Trustees. Trust is at the… READ MORE
Self-inflicted
CHAPEL HILL (July 9, 2021) – UNC Chapel Hill and its lofty nationwide reputation took a hit in the university’s failed attempt to hire Nikole Hannah-Jones. And the shame of it is it was self-inflicted. The UNC-CH Board of Trustees belatedly voted last week to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones as a Knight Chair in UNC’s… READ MORE
Nikole Hannah-Jones: What are we afraid of?
CHAPEL HILL (July 1, 2021) – It took five months and nationwide embarrassment, but the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees eventually got it right when members voted yesterday to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. After more than two hours in closed session, the board voted 9-4 to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones, who was recommended… READ MORE
Ramsey: Keep our faculty here
CHAPEL HILL – Whether it’s his boat-building company or the 48,000 faculty and staff of the UNC System, Randy Ramsey knows the most important part of any operation is the people. “The University is very large and very complicated,” Ramsey, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, says in the accompanying video. “But regardless of… READ MORE
BOG names sports-betting exec to UNC-CH board
CHAPEL HILL (April 22, 2021) – The UNC Board of Governors voted to name an online sports-gambling executive to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees today over the objections of prominent board members. Malcolm Turner was a Morehead Scholar and a Rhodes Scholar finalist at UNC-Chapel Hill, later earning a JD and MBA from Harvard University…. READ MORE
Out-of-state cap raised at HBCUs
CHAPEL HILL (April 22, 2021) – The UNC Board of Governors voted today to allow the UNC System’s five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to raise enrollment of out-of-state students to as much as 25% of each freshman class. “This will improve the stability of these campuses,” UNC System President Peter Hans said. Hans… READ MORE
Legislators on the UNC Board of Governors?
RALEIGH (April 9, 2021) – A proposal that surfaced last week to name state legislators to the UNC Board of Governors would further politicize a board that’s already overly politicized. It’s not a good idea. HB455 would allow each house of the NC General Assembly to appoint two of its own members to the Board… READ MORE
UNC board will be a smidge more diverse
RALEIGH (March 31, 2021) – State legislators made the UNC System Board of Governors slightly more diverse with their appointments this month, increasing the number of female, Black and Democratic members by one each on the 24-member board. The state Senate made seven appointments to the board. Senators reappointed BOG Chair Randy Ramsey of Beaufort,… READ MORE
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