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UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rules

October 28, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Governance, Leadership, UNC System

UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22

October 22, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Governance, UNC System

BOG recognizes UNC Charlotte, UNCW professors with Holshouser Awards

October 22, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 22, 2020)  – The UNC Board of Governors recognized professors from UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington today with the 2019 Governor James E. Holshouser Awards for Excellence in Public Service. DR. MARK WEST, a Professor of English at UNC Charlotte, is a pioneer in children’s literature and a passionate advocate for early-childhood literacy,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, UNC Charlotte, UNC System, UNC Wilmington

Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check

October 7, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

(Oct. 6, 2020) – Let’s hear it for the little guys. As several of the UNC System’s largest institutions were forced to quickly shift classes online as the coronavirus erupted on their campuses, many of the System’s smaller institutions – including its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – have managed to keep the virus… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, HBCU, NCCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC Pembroke, UNC System, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University

Pro/Con: COVID testing before a return to campus

September 23, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Rachel L. Graham, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL – The return to campus this fall for undergraduates of the UNC System was not without questions – from students, faculty, staff, support personnel, and the communities surrounding the campuses. At UNC Chapel Hill, along with the other campuses in the UNC System, following the reduction of campus… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, UNC System

Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?

September 18, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

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

Filed Under: 2020, Governance, Leadership, UNC System

Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches

September 16, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

(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

Filed Under: 2020, Governance, Leadership, Our Opinion, UNC System

Special needs for higher ed in a pandemic

September 2, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (Sept. 2, 2020) – If the last three weeks tell us anything about higher education amid a pandemic, it’s that institutions must be nimble. UNC Chapel Hill, NC State and East Carolina universities have shifted all courses online and asked most students to return home.  UNC Charlotte, which had delayed the start of classes… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

Schools seek state’s help to deal with COVID-19

August 27, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (Aug. 25, 2020) – Fluid situations demand flexible funds. That’s what state education leaders asked of a state House committee this week as they sought $350 million to deal with the coronavirus pandemic when the General Assembly returns to session next Wednesday. The state’s own financial picture is fluid, Committee Chair John Fraley said… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NC Community Colleges, UNC System

Rimer: Time to take the off-ramp

August 20, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

Who makes decisions? Decision-making about whether to reopen a UNC System campus to residential students, especially students in dorms, is a complicated multi-layered process. Whatever choice is made, a good many constituents will be unhappy, and it seems like everyone will have had an opinion, some of them incredibly strong. The constituents of a public… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, UNC System

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