RALEIGH (May 4, 2022) – Well what a week it’s been for the UNC System in the national press. If there was any doubt remaining that the UNC System has become overly politicized, the past week made the point: Inside Higher Ed reported a spike in faculty and staff turnover at UNC System institutions that… READ MORE
BOG: Inflation bites UNC campuses
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
Cooper: ‘Govern it lightly and wisely’
CHAPEL HILL (April 7, 2022) – A certain two-time graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill says it’s time to take another look at how the University is governed. “This hallowed place was built and nurtured for decades by public servants who knew great universities make great states,” Gov. Roy Cooper said March 23 as one of six… READ MORE
UNC Board: Keep tuition flat a sixth year
CHAPEL HILL (February 25, 2022) – The UNC System’s Board of Governors voted yesterday to keep in-state tuition rates the same for a sixth year in a row at the 16 UNC System campuses in 2022-23. “This marks the sixth consecutive year that North Carolina’s public universities have kept tuition flat,” said System President Peter… READ MORE
2021: Return to not quite normal
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
Wiles: Merger will not improve community colleges
By Paul Wiles WINSTON-SALEM (December 15, 2021) – Sometimes things that sound the same are not really the same at all. I would argue that when you think of higher education, you might assume that college is college, and you might not readily see the differences between community colleges and universities. Both systems offer access… READ MORE
Art Padilla: On moving the UNC headquarters
By Dr. Art Padilla RALEIGH (December 1, 2021) – Without much discussion, even within the UNC Board of Governors itself, the NC Legislature seems intent on moving the headquarters of the 17-campus University of North Carolina from where it has resided for the last half century, Chapel Hill. The idea is to relocate it to… READ MORE
Buck Goldstein: The partnership is broken
By Buck Goldstein CHAPEL HILL (October 28, 2021) – In North Carolina, the relationship between the flagship public university and the state seems to be broken and getting worse. And that’s despite the good intentions of the chancellor, the chair of the faculty, and the leader of the Board of Trustees. Trust is at the… READ MORE
Self-inflicted
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
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
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