What makes an effective university board member? In the accompanying video excerpt from our “Making UNC Governance Work” webinar, Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which accredits colleges and universities in 11 Southern states, says her organization evaluates the effectiveness of university boards. “Are you governing… READ MORE
Noses in, fingers out
University 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 Governors, says in the accompanying video segment from our “Making UNC Governance Work” webinar. Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and… READ MORE
UNC System Governance: Look like North Carolina
RALEIGH (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 shared last year before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. A Higher Ed Works webinar Feb. 11 featured Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of… READ MORE
2020: Coping with COVID
Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ways: A treatment for COVID-19 was developed. 50,000 classes shifted online in two weeks. A professor shipped virtual-reality headsets to students. 700 laptops… READ MORE
BOG to revisit cap on out-of-state admissions
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 25, 2020) – Over the next few months, UNC System officials will consider relaxing their 18% cap on out-of-state admissions at some of the system’s 16 universities. As the UNC Board of Governors met last week, Temple Sloan Jr., Chair of the board’s Education Planning Committee, reported that three UNC System campuses… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rules
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – After multiple episodes of micromanagement and rogue investigations by members of the UNC Board of Governors and campus trustees, the Board of Governors adopted revised rules last week for what’s expected of board members and how they can be disciplined. “I think this is very important,” Board Chair Randy… READ MORE
UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – North Carolina is navigating the treacherous financial waters of the coronavirus pandemic for now. But the UNC Board of Governors’ October meetings were permeated by a sense of foreboding about next year. “Our campuses are half-way through the most challenging semester in at least a generation,” UNC System President… READ MORE
Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?
CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 17, 2020) – The UNC System Board of Governors voted Thursday to give UNC President Peter Hans new power to weigh in on choices of chancellors for the System’s 17 campuses. Until now, each campus’s Board of Trustees has conducted a search and recommended at least two finalists to become chancellor. The… READ MORE
Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches
(Sept. 16, 2020) – The President of the UNC System should be able to recommend candidates for chancellor at the System’s 17 institutions. But the President should not be able to dictate finalists in those searches. Currently, campus boards of trustees name search committees to interview candidates for chancellor. The campus board then recommends at… READ MORE
Why bother with a search if outcome is decided?
CHAPEL HILL – Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches that’s before the UNC Board of Governors would direct the System President and Board officers to develop a pool of candidates within the UNC System as prospects to become chancellors at UNC institutions…. READ MORE
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