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Hans: UNC System steps up mental health efforts

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

EDITOR’S NOTE: North Carolina faces a crisis in student mental health; there have been five student suicides at NC State University alone this academic year. System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks to the UNC Board of Governors on Feb. 23. He delivered them again Tuesday, disclosing his own struggles with depression, to almost 400 administrators,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, UNC System

North Carolina joins the DEI Inquisition

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (March 23, 2023) – Now we’ve joined some fine company. The General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations asked the UNC System last week for an exhaustive inventory of employee training programs and costs across the system’s 17 campuses “which cover the subject matters of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (‘DEIA’) or other… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, UNC System

UNC-CH board backs policy against political questions

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (March 23, 2023) – The chair of UNC-Chapel Hill’s trustees isn’t backing down from a new School of Civic Life and Leadership – or a new policy that forbids university officials to ask applicants about their positions on political issues. But he doesn’t say how the university can do both at the same… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill

Take care of those who take care of us

March 16, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (March 16, 2023) – News Item: State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler told a state House committee last week that he needs at least $7 million to increase pay in his department. Troxler, a popular Republican, told legislators his 2,033-person agency has 278 vacancies, and those vacancies are increasingly hard to fill. Even when jobs… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Our Opinion

Forsyth Tech: ‘It’s really at a crisis level.’

March 16, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

WINSTON-SALEM (March 16, 2023) – Forsyth Technical Community College President Janet Spriggs has 36 vacancies among her faculty to fill – far more than usual this time of year. And six of those positions have been vacant more than a year. Forsyth Tech has lost 58 of its 320 full-time faculty members to industry and… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Forsyth Tech, NC Community Colleges

Senate BOG appointments: More of the same

March 16, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (March 16, 2023) – And to further diversify the UNC Board of Governors, the NC Senate offers (drum roll, please): Two more white male Republican former legislators. A state Senate committee unveiled the chamber’s nominees for the Board of Governors this week. It includes four current members – Temple Sloan III, Michael Williford, Mark… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC System

Don Martin: Test Pathways, but give teachers raises

March 8, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

WINSTON-SALEM (March 8, 2023) – While there are always differing opinions about how much teachers should be paid, I believe most North Carolinians agree that having quality teachers in every classroom is important, our students need to perform better, and teachers should be paid more. I wrote a short piece for Higher Ed Works last… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, teachers

Paul Fulton: UNC School of Civic Life is not a done deal

March 8, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Paul FultonSpecial to The PilotMarch 6, 2023 In response to Connie Lovell’s column Feb. 25 (“New UNC School Will Give Students Critical Thinking Skills Needed in Life”): The notion of adding conservative faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill is a popular one, given public perceptions. However, my own grandchildren who have graduated from Chapel Hill tell… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill

What to do with an extra $3B?

March 1, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (March 1, 2023) – North Carolina will finish the current budget year with $3.25 billion – 10.7% – more revenue than it budgeted for the year, state economists reported last month. The consensus report from economists for the General Assembly and the Governor’s Office attributed the additional funds to a smaller-than-expected decline in individual… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, At Risk, Our Opinion

UNC System keeps tuition constant for 7th year

February 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (February 23, 2023) – Public officials seldom attract attention when they don’t change something for seven years.  But in an era when the public complains about the cost of higher education, the UNC Board of Governors voted today to keep tuition for in-state undergraduates at the state’s 16 public universities the same for a… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Access & Affordability, UNC System

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