CHAPEL HILL (July 27, 2023) – If ever there was a contrast between those who want students at the University of North Carolina to represent all of North Carolina and those who don’t, it was on full display last Thursday with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz told board members the university is… READ MORE
Merritt: What we learn is not limited to the classroom
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Merritt served as vice chancellor and general counsel for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2016-18, as Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC made its way through the courts. By Mark Merritt CHARLOTTE (August 3, 2023) – What we learn in college is not limited to the classroom. The… READ MORE
State Board Chair: ‘A critical time’ for public education
CHARLOTTE (July 26, 2023) – With the state budget for the next two years still unsettled, the Chair of the State Board of Education says it’s a critical time to tell legislators to support public education. “A budget really speaks to our values,” State Board Chair Eric Davis says in the accompanying video. NC House… READ MORE
State Board Chair: ‘We need salaries that are competitive’
CHARLOTTE (July 20, 2023) – The Chair of the State Board of Education appreciates North Carolina teachers. And as legislators continue to dicker over the state budget, he says they need to pay teachers better. “Most of all, we need to compensate them worthy of the profession that all other professions depend upon,” State Board… READ MORE
UNC-Chapel Hill: Under the BOG microscope
RALEIGH (July 20, 2023) – Members of the UNC Board of Governors showed Wednesday just what a microscope they use to probe UNC-Chapel Hill. A week after the U.S. Supreme Court banned consideration of race in admissions at public and private universities – but specifically at Carolina and Harvard – UNC-CH Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced… READ MORE
Paul Fulton, 1993: Strategic diversity in the modern workplace
EDITOR’S NOTE: As President of Sara Lee Corporation, Paul Fulton penned these words in the early 1990s. Thirty years later, they are just as relevant. Fulton is the founder and Chair of Higher Ed Works. By Paul Fulton CHICAGO – In a recent report, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by the year 2050, African-Americans,… READ MORE
Public universities remain affordable, available
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (July 13, 2023) – Two recent decisions by the US Supreme Court — one ending affirmative action in college admissions and the other quashing President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in student loan debt — reignited debates about who gets into selective colleges and who shoulders the burden of… READ MORE
Buck Goldstein: Farewell
EDITOR’S NOTE: Buck Goldstein, a Professor of the Practice in the School of Education, University Entrepreneur in Residence at UNC Chapel Hill and contributor to Higher Ed Works, retired from the faculty June 30. These are his parting words – but we don’t believe it’s really a farewell. CHAPEL HILL (July 13, 2023) – To… READ MORE
Johnson and Parnell: Shortsighted decision
By James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., and Allan M. Parnell, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL (July 6, 2023) – Affirmative action was the legal remedy ending decades of racial discrimination in college admissions. It increased higher education access and opportunities long denied to African-Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. If, as expected, the Supreme Court’s decision… READ MORE
Tom Ross on Supreme Court ruling: Disappointing
Former UNC System and Davidson College President Tom Ross – also a former NC Superior Court judge – shared the following thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill. In the majority opinion striking down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. seemed to… READ MORE
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