- Pro/Con: COVID testing before a return to campusBy Rachel L. Graham, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL ā The return to campus this fall for undergraduates of the UNC System was not without questions ā from students, faculty, staff, support personnel, ...Read more
- Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 17, 2020) ā The UNC System Board of Governors voted Thursday to give UNC President Peter Hans new power to weigh in on choices of chancellors for ...Read more
- Donāt short-circuit chancellor searches(Sept. 16, 2020) ā The President of the UNC System should be able to recommend candidates for chancellor at the Systemās 17 institutions. But the President should not be able ...Read more
- Special needs for higher ed in a pandemicRALEIGH (Sept. 2, 2020) ā If the last three weeks tell us anything about higher education amid a pandemic, itās that institutions must be nimble. UNC Chapel Hill, NC State and ...Read more
- Schools seek stateās help to deal with COVID-19RALEIGH (Aug. 25, 2020) ā Fluid situations demand flexible funds. Thatās what state education leaders asked of a state House committee this week as they sought $350 million to deal with ...Read more
- Rimer: Time to take the off-rampWho makes decisions? Decision-making about whether to reopen a UNC System campus to residential students, especially students in dorms, is a complicated multi-layered process. Whatever choice is made, a good many constituents ...Read more
- Recent grads urge students to āEmbrace the WeirdnessāCHAPEL HILL ā Three recent graduates of UNC System schools urge students to āEmbrace the Weirdnessā and abide by community standard during the pandemic in a lively video produced as ...Read more
- Why bother with a search if outcome is decided?CHAPEL HILL ā Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches thatās before the UNC Board of Governors would direct ...Read more
- Excerpts: Funding NC Public Education Through the PandemicRALEIGH (July 29, 2020) ā Funding for public education in North Carolina can be uncertain even in good times. Now try it in the midst of a global pandemic. In the following ...Read more
- BOG: Change to chancellor searches, no tuition refundsCHAPEL HILL (July 24, 2020) ā The UNC System Board of Governors declared yesterday that there will be no refunds of student tuition and fees if university classes must shift ...Read more