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BOG: Inflation bites UNC campuses

April 7, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CULLOWHEE (April 7, 2022) – We’re all feeling the bite of inflation.1 Our universities are, too. And despite a state budget that granted 5% raises over two years to university employees last fall, the board that governs the 17-campus UNC System this week began discussing the need for more raises and operating funds – including… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC System

Carolina named top public university in the South

March 25, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

(CHAPEL HILL) March 25, 2022 – The rest of the media didn’t seem to notice, but the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was recently ranked the top public university in the South by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.1 The rankings also listed Carolina as third among all public universities and… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Guskiewicz: A huge boost for NC’s economy

January 27, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Kevin Guskiewicz CHAPEL HILL (January 27, 2022) – Earlier this month, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hit an important milestone for the future of the University. Our $4.25 billion Campaign for Carolina, one of the largest fundraising efforts ever attempted by a public institution, reached its goal a year early.  Despite… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Goldstein and Barbour: Priming the economic engine

January 27, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

This was written collaboratively with Suzanne Barbour, Dean of the Graduate School at UNC Chapel Hill. It describes an initiative to address the career choices of graduate students who opt out of an academic career. We’ll be reporting on this throughout the semester as our work develops. By Buck Goldstein and Suzanne Barbour Beginning with… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Campaign for Carolina reaches $4.25B goal

January 14, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (January 13, 2022) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday that it had met an ambitious, if not audacious, goal to raise $4.25 billion for the university a year early. The news was soon followed by an announcement from NC State University that it, too, had met its fundraising… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Buck Goldstein: The magic of a university classroom

January 12, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Dispatches from the Classroom, UNC Chapel Hill

Protest long a part of campus life

December 2, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

UNC system students

Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Dispatches from the Classroom, UNC Chapel Hill

Guskiewicz: Steering a $3B engine for NC

November 24, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Budget, Dispatches from the Classroom, UNC Chapel Hill

Buck Goldstein: The partnership is broken

October 28, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 12 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2021, At Risk, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill

Becoming better teachers

October 28, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Each fall, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz co-teaches a seminar for graduate students – professors of the future – called ‘The American Professoriate.’ The class focuses on the role of public universities. This year, he teaches with Matt Springer and Buck Goldstein from the School of Education and Dean Suzanne Barbour of the Graduate… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Dispatches from the Classroom, PreK - 12 Education, UNC Chapel Hill

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