CHAPEL HILL – Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC System’s approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions are preparing for multiple scenarios they could confront when students return, the system’s Interim President says in the accompanying video from a Zoom interview…. READ MORE
Roper: ‘Preparing for whatever scenario comes’
CHAPEL HILL – It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as president of your university during a global pandemic. In a series of Zoom interview segments from his home, Interim UNC System President William Roper discusses his optimism about students returning to campus in the fall,… READ MORE
UNC System works to make online better
CHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing when the state might face a second wave of the virus, they’re working to improve online offerings for if and when there’s a next… READ MORE
UNC System freezes tuition for 2020-21
CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – The UNC System’s governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolina’s 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition for each class of entering freshmen, the action effectively sets tuition levels for four years for students who will enter in Fall 2020. Twelve… READ MORE
BOG talks sanctions for rogue members; Fetzer resigns
CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – After scandals involving trustees who tried to influence a student election and a member who conducted his own investigations of a job candidate and an interim chancellor, a committee of the UNC System’s governing board discussed new rules this week for policing its own. As if to punctuate the… READ MORE
The UNC System’s challenges and opportunities
CHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey doesn’t shy away from discussing the challenges facing the University of North Carolina System. “There are a lot of challenges facing the System,” the Chair of the UNC Board of Governors says in the accompanying video. “But at the same time, those challenges become real opportunities if we look at… READ MORE
Ramsey: Calm and direct
CHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey openly acknowledges there’s been strife on the UNC Board of Governors. But the Chair of the 24-person board says every member wants what’s best for the state and its 17-campus university system. And the current Chair plans to run the board in a calm manner. “Every single person in this… READ MORE
Ramsey: Most important decision of the decade
CHAPEL HILL – The search for a new UNC System president has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said last week. But a practiced hand will remain at the helm. “The timeline of the search has certainly been changed,” Randy Ramsey, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, told the board. Ramsey said he… READ MORE
Colleges to help communities ‘grow their own’ teachers
RALEIGH – It had nothing to do with the coronavirus, but the State Board of Community Colleges took an important step last week to expand North Carolina’s pipeline of future teachers. The board approved two new teacher-preparation transfer degrees – an associate in arts in teacher preparation and associate in science in teacher preparation –… READ MORE
Mother of invention: UNC System responds to COVID-19
CHAPEL HILL – At the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year on University of North Carolina campuses, few would have predicted the year would end in a global pandemic. Yet here we are. “We’re in the midst of a very serious health crisis,” Interim UNC System President Bill Roper told the UNC Board of Governors… READ MORE
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