GREENSBORO – There are fancy names for the partnerships UNC Greensboro announced last week to make it easier for students from Guilford Technical Community College and Alamance Community College to transfer to UNCG and earn bachelor’s and in some cases master’s degrees.1 But for UNCG Provost Dana Dunn, it’s about building expectations – especially among… READ MORE
Just how unusual is the UNC Civil Rights Center?
CHAPEL HILL (July 26, 2017) – With a UNC Board of Governors committee poised to act next week on a proposal to forbid the UNC Center for Civil Rights to file lawsuits,1 just how unusual is it for a law school to have a civil rights center that engages in litigation? Critics of the center… READ MORE
Step up to fight NC’s biggest killer
RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget plan includes a proposal that’s vital both to North Carolinians’ health and to our economy: Restoration of the University Cancer Research Fund to full funding.1 Nearly 40 percent of us will contract cancer at some point in our lives. Even if we manage to avoid it, we each have… READ MORE
UNC Research: “We’ve seen powerful results”
CHAPEL HILL – Chancellor Carol Folt calls them “zingers” – imaginative ideas that, when coupled with years of fundamental research, produce enormous breakthroughs in science. And in just the past three years, Folt says in the accompanying video, UNC Chapel Hill has made extraordinary research advances in fields such as biomedical engineering, cancer and Big… READ MORE
Farmer: “Our path has never been easy”
Stephen Farmer Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keynote Address – University Day 2016 October 11, 2016 Chancellor Folt—thank you for that kind and generous introduction. And President Spellings; Trustee Stone; Provost Dean; Professor Cairns and members of the faculty, including those who are honorably retired; Mr…. READ MORE
VIDEO: What does Carolina look for in students?
CHAPEL HILL – As college application season arrives, thousands of students and their parents wonder what UNC Chapel Hill looks for in applicants. So the Higher Education Works Foundation asked the man whose office reviewed 35,875 applications for 4,254 positions in Carolina’s freshman class this year.1 “We’re not looking for a particular number or a… READ MORE
TOO much AP?
CHAPEL HILL – The pressure on young people to gain admission to a highly selective university is enormous – some take as many as 22 Advanced Placement courses to improve their chances. But Stephen Farmer, UNC Chapel Hill’s Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, says there’s a limit to how much AP courses benefit… READ MORE
Lindsay’s gift
By David Rice Higher Education Works Foundation RALEIGH (Sept. 28, 2016) – Last October 30, Kevin Howell knew something wasn’t right. He’d had several bouts of nausea. He’d noticed an annoying metallic taste in his mouth. “I felt lousy,” he says. “I just had no energy.” Howell, who’d spent 10 years as NC State University’s… READ MORE
What makes Carolina great – and greater?
CHAPEL HILL – What makes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill great? “It’s just a joyful place,” Chancellor Carol Folt says in the accompanying video. “When the students are here, the energy and buzz on this campus is just amazing. “The research here is phenomenal. It is a biomedical juggernaut for the nation…. READ MORE
UNC-CH financial aid “the heart of who we are”
CHAPEL HILL – Access and affordability are hallmarks at UNC Chapel Hill – so much so that Chancellor Carol Folt refers to them as “part of our DNA.”1 “We do make financial aid a priority here,” Stephen Farmer, the University’s Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions, says in the accompanying video. “… Financial aid… READ MORE
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