University board members need to know their limits. “A lot of boards get into trouble when they begin to micromanage the situation,” Lou Bissette, former Chair of the UNC Board of Governors, says in the accompanying video segment from our “Making UNC Governance Work” webinar. Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and… READ MORE
Hans: Increasing out-of-state cap “will help get us there”
In a recent Higher Ed Works webinar, SACSCOC President Belle Wheelan and former UNC Board of Governors Chair Lou Bissette discuss balancing in- and out-of-state students. “It’s a hairy mess,” says Wheelan, but it does improve financial stability. Bissette warns that institutions should not deny admission to qualified in-state students. CHAPEL HILL (Feb. 17, 2021)… READ MORE
UNC System Governance: Look like North Carolina
RALEIGH (Feb. 17, 2021) – As state legislators begin to consider their 2021 appointments to the UNC System Board of Governors, we revisit the series Making Governance Work that we shared last year before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. A Higher Ed Works webinar Feb. 11 featured Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of… READ MORE
King Prather: We are all ancestors of ourselves
By N. King Prather My insides have been in knots since I heard Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, on Jan. 6, say that today is the day “we kick ass and take names.” His audience included a significant number of hate groups, and not long after, these groups assaulted the U.S. Capitol. I have roots… READ MORE
Don Flow: The case for NC education investments
EDITOR’S NOTE: As state legislators returned to Raleigh recently for their 2021 session, Winston-Salem businessman Don Flow shared the following thoughts with legislative leaders. By Don Flow America is in the midst of enormous turmoil, with rural whites and urban blacks caught in the same undercurrent. Although they express their frustration and anger in different ways… 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
December relief package to send UNC System $288 million
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of the UNC Board of Governors Wednesday. That’s in addition to $180 million the UNC System received from the CARES Act last spring, for a total… 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
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