CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 25, 2020) – Over the next few months, UNC System officials will consider relaxing their 18% cap on out-of-state admissions at some of the system’s 16 universities. As the UNC Board of Governors met last week, Temple Sloan Jr., Chair of the board’s Education Planning Committee, reported that three UNC System campuses… READ MORE
A modest ask of state legislators for 2021-22
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2020) – Anticipating a difficult budget year, the UNC System Board of Governors adopted budget and legislative priorities for 2021-22 today that reflect the core mission of the University System, but also its intention to reduce employees. “I think we’ve been very modest with our ask,” board Chair Randy Ramsey said…. READ MORE
Common course numbers to help transfer students
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 18, 2020) – Transfer students – from community colleges or from other UNC System schools – make up a growing percentage of UNC System students. Some 57,000, or 31% of fall 2019 enrollees, were transfer students. Yet too often, transfer students encounter course numbers that don’t align with the courses they’ve already… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rules
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
UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22
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
BOG recognizes UNC Charlotte, UNCW professors with Holshouser Awards
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
Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check
(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
Pro/Con: COVID testing before a return to campus
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
Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?
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
Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches
(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
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