- Hugh McColl: Give our universities room to work
By Hugh McColl States need certain ingredients to be great. They need globally competitive industries like biotech, international financial centers like Charlotte, and an arts and entertainment community that gives families ...Read more - Burr and Bowles: Strengthening the UNC System for future generationsBy Richard Burr and Erskine Bowles The University of North Carolina (UNC) System’s 17 institutions have given generations of students a top-tier education. Our universities have achieved a standard of excellence ...Read more
- Thorp and Goldstein: Principles for governance reformBy Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein Introduction: Universities falling short? We are honored to help introduce an ambitious series of articles on university governance and hopefully begin an important conversation that directly ...Read more
- Introduction: Universities falling short?By Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein We are honored to help introduce an ambitious series of articles on university governance and hopefully begin an important conversation that directly impacts the future ...Read more
- Principles for reform of governing boardsBy Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein Culture is always more important than structure. You can organize, rearrange, and re-engineer indefinitely, but if the underlying culture of an institution is inconsistent with ...Read more
- Principles of reform for university leadersBy Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein The previous five principles are largely directed at university trustees, and the following are intended for consideration by campus leaders. Prioritize Board Education: Teaching a governing ...Read more
- Paul Fulton: A discussion of UNC System governanceBy PAUL FULTON Our universities have set this state apart. If we don’t pay attention to our universities’ future, then we’re not paying attention to our state’s future. They are one ...Read more
- History of UNC governance: ‘Lot of cooks in the kitchen’By D.G. MARTIN Former UNC System President Margaret Spellings spoke for many North Carolinians concerned about the state’s public multi-campus university when she questioned, “You know, are we organized for success? “So ...Read more
- Roper: ‘Just get the budget done’CHAPEL HILL – Legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper think they’re scoring political points in their standoff over the 2019-21 state budget, which still hasn’t been adopted more than six ...Read more
- A challenge for every county in NE NCCOLUMBIA, N.C. – David Clegg paints a vivid picture of the lengths to which rural students go just to do their homework. It’s not unusual, County Manager Clegg says in the ...Read more
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