- BOG centralizes control of chancellor searchesRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part IIThe History and Future of Academic Freedom at UNC EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair ...Read more
- NC Senate envisions UNC-ECU health networkRALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – There’s a big idea afoot in the NC Senate’s version of the state budget that would create an integrated network of UNC and ECU physicians, ...Read more
- UNC cancer researcher Earp receives O. Max Gardner AwardRALEIGH (May 25, 2023) – At least 1 in 3 of us will experience cancer at some point in our lives. And a man who’s dedicated his life to fighting ...Read more
- Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part IAcademic Freedom is the Foundation for Great Universities EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of ...Read more
- Senate budget: Simply not enoughRALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. The budget proposal released this week by the state Senate is simply not enough to improve public education in North Carolina. There’s ...Read more
- Recognition – finally – for nursing instructors?RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – While the NC Senate’s proposed budget for 2023-25 has plenty of shortcomings, there’s at least one bright spot for nursing instructors in North Carolina. The Senate ...Read more
- Senate directs $1.4B to rural developmentRALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – The NC Senate’s proposed budget for next year would direct more than $1.4 billion – nearly 5% of the state budget – to a nonprofit ...Read more
- What price control of UNC? $400MRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Art Padilla: Failure to act. Part IBy Art Padilla This is what failure to act looks like. After two decades of excess, inanity, and myopia, universities are now living with the often-predicted consequences that should have been ...Read more