RALEIGH (Aug. 25, 2020) – Fluid situations demand flexible funds. That’s what state education leaders asked of a state House committee this week as they sought $350 million to deal with the coronavirus pandemic when the General Assembly returns to session next Wednesday. The state’s own financial picture is fluid, Committee Chair John Fraley said… READ MORE
College grads: Help at the polls!
We often hear that college graduates show greater civic engagement.1 Well they have an opportunity to do just that approaching. Across North Carolina and beyond, local election boards are viewing this year’s election with trepidation. Many – if not most – poll workers are 70 or older and understandably reluctant to spend 16 hours on… READ MORE
Guskiewicz: Coping for today, but building for tomorrow
EDITOR’S NOTE: After months of preparing to return to campus, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz made a wrenching decision this week to shift the University back to remote instruction. With Entrepreneur in Residence Buck Goldstein, Guskiewicz teaches a graduate seminar called The American Professoriate. These are his reflections after the first day of class. By… READ MORE
Rimer: Time to take the off-ramp
Who 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 will be unhappy, and it seems like everyone will have had an opinion, some of them incredibly strong. The constituents of a public… READ MORE
Third-grade reading: “Don’t give up…. Fix it”
RALEIGH (Aug. 13, 2020) – Even before the coronavirus pandemic, North Carolina was struggling to improve students’ ability to read by third grade – a vital precursor to college readiness. And the exercise in online education forced by the pandemic certainly hasn’t improved matters. As Debra Derr, host of the NC Chamber’s annual Education &… READ MORE
Welcome to 2030
RALEIGH (Aug. 13, 2020) – Welcome to 2030. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated change in North Carolina workplaces to where it would have been in 2030 without the pandemic, NC State University economist Michael Walden told a virtual audience at the NC Chamber’s annual Education & Workforce Conference. Though jobs in North Carolina food preparation… READ MORE
Guskiewicz: Faculty ‘solving the grand challenges of our time’
CHAPEL HILL – Viruses are Carolina’s thing. Whether it’s pioneering work in HIV by Dr. Mike Cohen or development of the drug remdesivir by Dr. Ralph Baric to treat COVID-19, the university has a focus – and a reputation – for taking on some of the world’s nastiest infections. While professors teach the next generation, UNC Chapel… READ MORE
Recent grads urge students to ‘Embrace the Weirdness’
CHAPEL HILL – Three recent graduates of UNC System schools urge students to “Embrace the Weirdness” and abide by community standard during the pandemic in a lively video produced as a public service announcement. Graduates Annalee Banks of Western Carolina University, Liz Chung of UNC Asheville and Najawa Huntley of N.C. A&T State University worked… READ MORE
Why bother with a search if outcome is decided?
CHAPEL HILL – Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches that’s before the UNC Board of Governors would direct the System President and Board officers to develop a pool of candidates within the UNC System as prospects to become chancellors at UNC institutions…. READ MORE
Excerpts: Funding NC Public Education Through the Pandemic
RALEIGH (July 29, 2020) – 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 excerpts from Zoom webinars Higher Ed Works hosted last week, state legislative leaders discuss the many uncertainties they face in budgeting for public… READ MORE
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