CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 22, 2021) – Fewer students have transferred from North Carolina’s community colleges to state universities during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released last week. But importantly, students who completed their associate degree before transferring performed as well as students who started out at a four-year school. After repeated increases in… READ MORE
UNC System enrollment continues to climb
CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 16, 2021) – Despite a global pandemic that clamped down activity nationwide, the University of North Carolina System saw record enrollment this fall for the fourth year in a row. “We are among the fortunate few to see enrollment growth – and that is not true across the nation,” UNC Board of… READ MORE
2 + 2 = Teachers!
RALEIGH (August 27, 2021) – State education leaders sealed an agreement this week to expand a program for aspiring teachers to start their education at a North Carolina community college and finish at one of the state’s public universities. Thomas Stith III, President of the NC Community College System, and UNC System President Peter Hans… READ MORE
Mandate vaccines at NC’s public universities
CHAPEL HILL (August 10, 2021) – ‘Pretty please’ won’t cut it anymore. With COVID-19 cases rapidly on the rise, it’s time for UNC campuses to require all students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the virus. The UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee adopted a resolution last week that seeks a delegation of authority from… READ MORE
ONE TEAM: UNC System, K-12, Community Colleges
CHAPEL HILL – As North Carolina pursues a goal to have 2 million people with post-secondary educations by 2030, the Chair of the UNC Board of Governors thinks the University System can do a better job communicating with other levels of education. “One thing I’d like to see us do a better job of …… READ MORE
Ramsey: Keep our faculty here
CHAPEL HILL – Whether it’s his boat-building company or the 48,000 faculty and staff of the UNC System, Randy Ramsey knows the most important part of any operation is the people. “The University is very large and very complicated,” Ramsey, Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, says in the accompanying video. “But regardless of… READ MORE
Hans: ‘The fiscally responsible thing to do’
CHAPEL HILL – After a pandemic and three years without a new state budget, the UNC System needs to invest in both its physical capital and its human capital, President Peter Hans says. “The university has thrived because of public support for its work,” Hans says in the accompanying video. In what Hans refers to… READ MORE
The cost of deferred maintenance at NC universities
GREENSBORO – Not many donors want to put their name on an HVAC system. Yet sometimes those systems need to be replaced. And across the UNC System, postponed maintenance amounts to billions of dollars. “There’s deferred maintenance on all of our campuses,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. Then Gilliam… READ MORE
UNC board waives SAT/ACT requirement for Fall 2022
CHAPEL HILL (May 27, 2021) – In a debate over whether to require students to submit SAT or ACT scores with their applications for admission in Fall 2022, access – particularly for rural students – won out. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the UNC Board of Governors that oversees 16 public university campuses… READ MORE
New beginnings for the Class of 2021
To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE
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