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
Spellings: Higher education “a new civil right”
CHAPEL HILL (October 13, 2016) – At her inauguration today, the 18th president of the University of North Carolina system left no doubt about her view on access to a college education. “Together, we can make some form of higher education our higher expectation for every person in North Carolina,” President Margaret Spellings told the… READ MORE
“Every child must… reach beyond high school”
RALEIGH (October 13, 2016) – The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy distributed a column last week that simply can’t go unanswered. In it, the writer challenges the economic benefits of greater enrollment in North Carolina’s public universities. He questions the goals of the universities’ 2013 strategic plan, “Our Time, Our Future,” to raise the… READ MORE
Wolfpack to the rescue for Pirates
GREENVILLE (October 13, 2016) – With floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew rising all around him Monday, East Carolina Athletics Director Jeff Compher needed help for his teams. “We’ve become an island here,” Compher said. Flooding of major roads in and out of Greenville forced university officials to cancel classes for the week. But ECU’s soccer team… READ MORE
Casteen: Core curriculum needed more now than a generation ago
Remarks from John T. Casteen III President Emeritus, University of Virginia Virginia Episcopal School Centennial Founders Day Lynchburg, VA September 30, 2016 The major speaker at the first college deans’ meeting I attended (in 1975) was the late Caroline Bird, who was one of the founders of modern American feminism – one of the small… 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
REVIEW: Disruption in the classroom
Starving the Beast — Playing at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh through Thursday, Oct. 6. By Eric Johnson Contributing Editor Many of the scenes in Starving the Beast will be familiar to North Carolinians. There’s footage of former University of North Carolina President Tom Ross, seated awkwardly next to the Board of Governors chairman who just… READ MORE
Dueling visions of academic freedom
By Eric Johnson Contributing Editor CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 26, 2016) – Dueling visions of academic freedom took stage at UNC Chapel Hill last week as Jay Schalin of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy faced off against John Wilson of the American Association of University Professors. Schalin, a longtime critic of liberal bias in… 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
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