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Paul Fulton: UNC School of Civic Life is not a done deal

March 8, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Paul FultonSpecial to The PilotMarch 6, 2023 In response to Connie Lovell’s column Feb. 25 (“New UNC School Will Give Students Critical Thinking Skills Needed in Life”): The notion of adding conservative faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill is a popular one, given public perceptions. However, my own grandchildren who have graduated from Chapel Hill tell… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill

Case study in UNC board overreach?

February 21, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

CHAPEL HILL (February 21, 2023) – There’s a case study in overreach by a UNC System governing board taking place before our eyes in Chapel Hill. Administrators and faculty alike were blindsided Jan. 26 when the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees adopted a resolution – which was not listed on the meeting agenda –… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill

Guskiewicz walks a tightrope

February 21, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL (February 21, 2023) – Kevin Guskiewicz is walking a tightrope. With the surprise adoption last month by the Board of Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill of a resolution asking the university to “accelerate” creation of a School of Civic Life and Leadership1 – followed by a “flabbergasted” response from bewildered faculty2 – UNC’s Chancellor… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill board antics catch accreditor’s eye

February 8, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

RALEIGH (February 8, 2023) – UNC-Chapel Hill will soon be asked to explain its Board of Trustees’ move to create a new program without consulting its faculty, the president of the University’s accrediting agency said yesterday. “We’re waiting for them to explain that, because that’s kind of not the way we do business,” Belle Wheelan,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, UNC Chapel Hill

Goldstein and Snider: How not to start a new School of Civic Life at UNC-Chapel Hill

February 8, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

By Buck Goldstein and William Snider CHAPEL HILL (February 2, 2023) – On Jan. 26, the chairman of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees announced plans to launch a college within a college called the “School of Civic Life and Leadership” with 20 new faculty devoted to the effort. To say the UNC community was… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, UNC Chapel Hill

BOG: Inflation bites UNC campuses

April 7, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CULLOWHEE (April 7, 2022) – We’re all feeling the bite of inflation.1 Our universities are, too. And despite a state budget that granted 5% raises over two years to university employees last fall, the board that governs the 17-campus UNC System this week began discussing the need for more raises and operating funds – including… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, Governance, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC System

Carolina named top public university in the South

March 25, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

(CHAPEL HILL) March 25, 2022 – The rest of the media didn’t seem to notice, but the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was recently ranked the top public university in the South by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.1 The rankings also listed Carolina as third among all public universities and… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Guskiewicz: A huge boost for NC’s economy

January 27, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Kevin Guskiewicz CHAPEL HILL (January 27, 2022) – Earlier this month, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hit an important milestone for the future of the University. Our $4.25 billion Campaign for Carolina, one of the largest fundraising efforts ever attempted by a public institution, reached its goal a year early.  Despite… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Goldstein and Barbour: Priming the economic engine

January 27, 2022 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

This was written collaboratively with Suzanne Barbour, Dean of the Graduate School at UNC Chapel Hill. It describes an initiative to address the career choices of graduate students who opt out of an academic career. We’ll be reporting on this throughout the semester as our work develops. By Buck Goldstein and Suzanne Barbour Beginning with… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

Campaign for Carolina reaches $4.25B goal

January 14, 2022 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (January 13, 2022) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Thursday that it had met an ambitious, if not audacious, goal to raise $4.25 billion for the university a year early. The news was soon followed by an announcement from NC State University that it, too, had met its fundraising… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2022, UNC Chapel Hill

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