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BOG centralizes control of chancellor searches

June 1, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (June 1, 2023) – The UNC Board of Governors adopted a new policy on searches for campus chancellors last week that gets rid of one bad policy the Board adopted three years ago. But the new policy seems part of an ongoing move to concentrate control of UNC campuses with the UNC System Office… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC System

What price control of UNC? $400M

May 18, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – What price control of the UNC System? Apparently about $400 million. The cost of a new “Education Campus” to be built across Salisbury Street in Raleigh from the Legislative Building to house offices of the UNC System, NC Community College System, Department of Public Instruction and Department of Commerce has… READ MORE

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UNC Governance: ‘Everybody wanted less politics’

May 5, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (May 4, 2023) – Gov. Roy Cooper’s UNC Governance Commission began discussing its recommendations this week to make UNC governing boards more representative of the state, more ethical and less politicized. “I think everybody wanted less politics in the Board of Governors and the Boards of Trustees,” said Commission Member and former UNC Board… READ MORE

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House adds a touch of variety to BOG

May 5, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (May 3, 2023) – The NC House made its appointments to the UNC Board of Governors this week – and added a touch of ethnic and political variety in the process. The House reappointed four current members of the board – Dr. Pearl Burris-Floyd of Gaston County, C. Philip Byers of Rutherford County, Terry… READ MORE

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UNC System in the crosshairs

April 26, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

RALEIGH (April 20, 2023) – If there’s any doubt that education – especially higher education – is in the crosshairs for next year’s elections, North Carolina’s Republican legislators made it clear in recent days. It’s bill-filing season – the time of year when some poor soul in the General Assembly’s Bill Drafting Division must attempt… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC System

Peter Hans on diversity and free expression

April 26, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: UNC System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks as his President’s Report to the UNC Board of Governors at the board’s meeting at UNC-Pembroke last week. They have been edited for length. PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – North Carolina is growing and growing more diverse. And UNC Pembroke, thanks to the rich and… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, UNC System

Study: UNC System athletics have $1.1B impact

April 20, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

PEMBROKE (April 19, 2022) – They’re known as the front porch of the university. But they’re also big business. Athletics across the University of North Carolina System generate a total economic impact of $1.13 billion a year in the state and support nearly 10,000 jobs, according to a study presented to the UNC Board of… READ MORE

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Hans: UNC System steps up mental health efforts

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

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

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North Carolina joins the DEI Inquisition

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 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

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

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