EDITOR’S NOTE: A delegation of Higher Ed Works board members met last week with Randy Ramsey, Chair of the UNC System Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the Board’s Presidential Search Committee; and Kim Strach, Executive Director of the Presidential Search, to discuss the search process. The following letter summarizes the group’s major points. December… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – Chancellor Frank Gilliam is proud of UNC Greensboro’s recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 university in North Carolina for social mobility.1 Not only that, Gilliam notes in the accompanying video, but UNCG is one of just five universities in the country with more than 50% of students… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – Officials at UNC Greensboro have a firm grasp on who their students are: 34% are first-generation college students. 51% are eligible for low-income Pell Grants. 51% are non-white. 26% are from rural counties. That means paying special attention to students’ needs in curriculum, advising and financial aid, Andrew Hamilton, UNCG’s Associate Vice Provost… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – The number of students at UNC Greensboro has grown steadily in recent years, making the university a richer, more diverse community. “We’re now over 20,000 students,” UNCG Chancellor Frank Gilliam says in the accompanying video. “Which makes us sort of big enough to matter, but still small enough that we can provide our… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – Some 80 percent of students at UNC Greensboro work either full- or part-time. “I like to call us an ‘Earn It’ school,” UNCG Chancellor Frank Gilliam declares in the accompanying video. “They’re not here on their family’s money. They work, and work hard – some of them two and three jobs. Some 40… READ MORE
GREENSBORO – UNC Greensboro recently revised its General Education (or “Gen Ed”) requirements to take more of a multi-disciplinary approach to an increasingly complex world. Starting in the fall of 2021, entering students would be required to meet 11 basic competencies by choosing from a broad array of classes. As might be expected, the new… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2019) – Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees presented the board’s highest honor this week to three individuals who exemplify dedication, commitment and service to the University. The three recipients of the 2019 William Richardson Davie Award are Teresa Holland Williams of… READ MORE
ELIZABETH CITY – Randy Ramsey is just settling in as Chair of the UNC Board of Governors. But he deserves credit for wanting to rein in at least one rogue board member for launching personal investigations outside the board’s processes. Ramsey is also co-chair of the committee overseeing the search for yet another UNC System… READ MORE
RALEIGH (Nov. 18, 2019) – Kevin Howell equates it with winning a national championship: The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) recognized NC State University this month with its Economic Engagement Connections Award – its top honor for economic engagement. “I see this work every day,” Howell, NC State’s Vice Chancellor for External Affairs,… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 15, 2019) – The leaders of Higher Ed Works and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal got together with a group of future professors this week to discuss the biggest challenges facing higher education. And what was striking wasn’t their differences – it was how much they agreed. Paul Fulton,… READ MORE
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