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Roberts: Grow UNC-CH to reflect NC’s dynamic growth

October 24, 2024 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – Does the university Charles Kuralt labeled “The University of the People” need more people? Even before he became permanent chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts appointed four working groups to study major issues facing Carolina: Enrollment; Engineering; Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI); and The university’s physical master plan.1 UNC-Chapel Hill… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC Chapel Hill

Roberts: We need more engineers

October 24, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – When a proposed budget from the state House included $8 million in June to launch a College of Applied Science and Technology – in other words, an engineering school – at UNC-Chapel Hill, it caused a stir. It didn’t come to pass due to the legislature’s failure to update… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC Chapel Hill

Roberts on AI: ‘The most important technological development’

October 24, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

  CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – We all wonder how artificial intelligence will affect our lives. UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts wonders how it will affect the life of the university. Of four working groups Roberts appointed as interim chancellor last spring, the report from the working group on Generative AI is necessarily the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Research, UNC Chapel Hill

Roberts on UNC physical plan: ‘You’re never done’

October 24, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 23, 2024) – UNC-Chapel Hill wants to grow its enrollment. At the same time, it has historic, 200-year-old buildings to maintain. That’s a challenge. One of the four working groups Chancellor Lee Roberts appointed last spring studied the university’s master plan for its buildings. In the accompanying video, you can tell Roberts… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC Chapel Hill

Helene’s damage to UNC System: “Nothing catastrophic”

October 18, 2024 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (October 17, 2024) – Hurricane Helene inflicted tens of millions of dollars of damage on UNC System schools, but “nothing catastrophic,” UNC System officials said today. Jennifer Haygood, the System’s Chief Financial Officer, outlined preliminary estimates of damages at UNC Asheville, Appalachian State, Western Carolina, the NC Arboretum and the NC School of Science… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC System

NC Promise works. General Assembly doesn’t. Keep the Promise.

October 18, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (October 18, 2024) – NC Promise – which promises $500-a-semester tuition at four UNC System campuses – appears to be working. The North Carolina General Assembly – which failed to adopt an updated budget this year – does not. An annual report on NC Promise, which began in Fall 2018 at Western Carolina University,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, At Risk, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University

Roberts: What an extraordinary institution

October 11, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – As he prepared for his formal installation today, we asked UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts what he’s learned about the university during his time as interim chancellor and, now, permanent chancellor. He had a ready answer. “Everyone who works here, everyone who’s fortunate enough to study here, knows what… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC Chapel Hill

Roberts on DEI: ‘Carolina is a place for everybody.’

October 11, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – Court and governing-board decisions about diversity on campus seem headed a particular way at UNC-Chapel Hill. But the university’s new chancellor says the university still needs to reflect the makeup of North Carolina. “The university exists in a kind of moral trust with the people of North Carolina. We… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, UNC Chapel Hill

Uphold the voucher veto

October 4, 2024 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

RALEIGH (October 4, 2024) – North Carolina legislators will soon be able to stop a massive expansion of private-school vouchers that would pose a drain on the state’s public schools. They should undoubtedly uphold Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill. The bill legislators approved last month would commit $4 billion in taxpayer dollars over… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, PreK - 12 Education

Help with Helene recovery

October 4, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (October 4, 2024) – The destruction Hurricane Helene brought to Western North Carolina last week was unimaginable – in fact, we still don’t know the cost. And we don’t know how long recovery will take. But if you want to assist with immediate relief, here are some places that could use your help: Blue… READ MORE

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