CHAPEL HILL (July 9, 2021) – UNC Chapel Hill and its lofty nationwide reputation took a hit in the university’s failed attempt to hire Nikole Hannah-Jones. And the shame of it is it was self-inflicted. The UNC-CH Board of Trustees belatedly voted last week to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones as a Knight Chair in UNC’s… READ MORE
The case for Carolina
Below is a reprint of a full-page ad that appeared in several newspapers on July 7, 2021. Higher Ed Works received permission from the former trustees to republish the ad in its entirety. UNC Chapel Hill has faced its share of controversies, and it is working its way through challenges it faces right now. But in recent… READ MORE
Nikole Hannah-Jones: What are we afraid of?
CHAPEL HILL (July 1, 2021) – It took five months and nationwide embarrassment, but the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees eventually got it right when members voted yesterday to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. After more than two hours in closed session, the board voted 9-4 to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones, who was recommended… READ MORE
New beginnings for the Class of 2021
To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE
‘A reimagined university’ at UNC
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
Guskiewicz: In a better position
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
Financial challenges at Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 15, 2021) – Between reduced state support over the past decade and additional spending due to the coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill faces substantial financial challenges. “We will have a financial shortfall due to the pandemic that we’re going to have to address. But we don’t yet know the full extent of it,”… READ MORE
A prudent delay to in-person classes
CHAPEL HILL – Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State and UNC-Charlotte are to be commended for holding off on resumption of in-person classes. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Provost Robert Blouin announced last week that classes will still resume Jan. 19, but in-person classes will not begin until Feb. 8. “We are making these… READ MORE
Steve Farmer: No number measures a student
CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 21, 2020) – When we apply to college, we obsess about numbers – GPA, SAT, ACT, class rank. But Steve Farmer sees the whole person. Not just a number. Farmer’s departure as UNC-Chapel Hill’s vice provost for enrollment and undergraduate admissions, announced Monday, is a tremendous loss for the University. A Virginia… READ MORE
Goldstein: Lessons learned from UNC’s failed reopening
By Buck Goldstein When I wrote earlier that the fall semester at Chapel Hill would be a test case for broader reopening in society, this isn’t quite what I had in mind. UNC has been in the national news as one of the first schools to reopen — and now one of the first to… READ MORE
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