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2021: Return to not quite normal

December 29, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (December 29, 2021) – 2021 was slightly less chaotic than 2020, with distribution of vaccines that temporarily calmed the coronavirus pandemic before new variants began to emerge. The state also saw its first new budget in three years, with much-needed raises for higher education faculty and staff and generous investments in capital projects. It’s… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Adult Learners, Budget, Crisis Response, Dispatches from the Classroom, Governance, Latinx, myFutureNC, NC Community Colleges, Nursing Series, PreK - 12 Education, Remembrances

Cindy Elmore: A class of ping-pong balls

December 22, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Cindy Elmore GREENVILLE (December 17, 2021) – I remember looking with horror at my county’s vaccination rate in August when we were about to go back to teaching in-person classes at East Carolina University. Forty-three percent. Surely the rate on my campus will be better than that, I thought.  It was, but not by… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, ECU

Mandate vaccines at NC’s public universities

August 10, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 5 Comments

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

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, Our Opinion, UNC System

NC community colleges to lead recovery

May 12, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – North Carolina’s community colleges will lead the state through the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the system’s president says. Community colleges will not only retrain displaced workers – they will offer a path for high-school graduates and those seeking a career change, N.C. Community College System President Thomas Stith III says in the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, NC Community Colleges

Hans: NC’s universities step up

March 24, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (March 24, 2021) – North Carolina’s public universities have stepped up in oh-so-many ways to combat the coronavirus pandemic, UNC System President Peter Hans says. “I’m so proud of our campuses that are offering mass vaccination clinics,” Hans says in the accompanying video. He points to UNC Health – which had already delivered… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, UNC System

Hans: Positives from the pandemic

March 24, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (March 24, 2021) – Even the clouds of the coronavirus pandemic have had some silver linings. “The most obvious advancement during the pandemic has been the improvement in our online offerings,” UNC System President Peter Hans says in the accompanying video.  Many instructors weren’t prepared to teach online when the pandemic started a… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, UNC System

Lessons learned from a ‘challenging’ fall semester

March 17, 2021 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL (March 17, 2021) – UNC System schools learned some hard lessons when they tried to resume classes in person last fall. But they’re now applying those lessons, UNC System Peter Hans says in the accompanying video. “We are far better prepared for the spring semester than the fall. We know more, we’ve learned… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, Leadership, UNC System

‘A reimagined university’ at UNC

January 27, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – The coronavirus pandemic certainly brought challenges to UNC-Chapel Hill.  But it also prompted advances, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video from a recent Zoom interview. Innovations in online instruction, of course, have been most prominent. And that has implications for the University’s reach. “We’re going to be able to expand… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, UNC Chapel Hill

December relief package to send UNC System $288 million

January 22, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of the UNC Board of Governors Wednesday. That’s in addition to $180 million the UNC System received from the CARES Act last spring, for a total… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Budget, Crisis Response, UNC System

Guskiewicz: In a better position

January 19, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 19, 2021) – UNC-Chapel Hill learned a few things about COVID-19 and human behavior last fall.  As students resume classes today, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video, officials have put those lessons to work. “It’ll be different from a typical semester, but we’re going to do everything we can to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Crisis Response, UNC Chapel Hill

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