CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2020) – Anticipating a difficult budget year, the UNC System Board of Governors adopted budget and legislative priorities for 2021-22 today that reflect the core mission of the University System, but also its intention to reduce employees. “I think we’ve been very modest with our ask,” board Chair Randy Ramsey said…. READ MORE
Common course numbers to help transfer students
CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 18, 2020) – Transfer students – from community colleges or from other UNC System schools – make up a growing percentage of UNC System students. Some 57,000, or 31% of fall 2019 enrollees, were transfer students. Yet too often, transfer students encounter course numbers that don’t align with the courses they’ve already… READ MORE
What NC State learned: Spacing and testing
RALEIGH – NC State University learned quite a bit about managing through the coronavirus pandemic this fall. “The first thing we learned is that we can educate students safely in the classroom,” NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video. There wasn’t a single case of community spread in the university’s classrooms or… READ MORE
NC State aims for a full spring semester
RALEIGH – The biggest heartache of fall semester, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says, was telling students to go home after they’d lived on campus just three weeks. “It’s that first few weeks of school where you make new friends, you build community – and our students didn’t have time to do that,” Woodson… READ MORE
Can they work for the good of the state?
RALEIGH (Nov. 6, 2020) – The more things change – even after millions in campaign spending – the more they stay the same: Democrat Roy Cooper will remain governor, and Republicans will keep their majorities in the NC House and Senate for the next two years. That means Republicans will control the drawing of new… READ MORE
Playing for Time
By Buck Goldstein It’s a strange time to be teaching. I am hundreds of miles from my campus in Chapel Hill, and it couldn’t matter less. The phenomenal guest speakers we’ve welcomed to class this semester have beamed in from all over the country, and the seminars are still rich and fascinating. In fact, it… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rules
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – After multiple episodes of micromanagement and rogue investigations by members of the UNC Board of Governors and campus trustees, the Board of Governors adopted revised rules last week for what’s expected of board members and how they can be disciplined. “I think this is very important,” Board Chair Randy… READ MORE
Please vote
The 2020 election has enormous implications both for higher education and our country as a whole. If you’ve already voted, as more than 3.6 million North Carolinians have,1 we thank you. If you haven’t voted, we urge you to exercise your civic duty. You have several options: You can vote early in person at any… READ MORE
Kiwi banjo – with a touch of UNCG
GREENSBORO – North Carolinians might not think of New Zealand as a bluegrass hot spot. But that’s where UNC Greensboro-trained Catherine “BB” Bowness first picked up the banjo. And pandemic or not, Bowness the banjo player has been winning plenty of attention lately. The International Bluegrass Music Association couldn’t hold its annual World of Bluegrass… READ MORE
UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – North Carolina is navigating the treacherous financial waters of the coronavirus pandemic for now. But the UNC Board of Governors’ October meetings were permeated by a sense of foreboding about next year. “Our campuses are half-way through the most challenging semester in at least a generation,” UNC System President… READ MORE
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