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Financial challenges at Chapel Hill

January 19, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2021, Budget, Crisis Response, UNC Chapel Hill

A prudent delay to in-person classes

January 13, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: 2021, Appalachian State, Crisis Response, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte

2020: Coping with COVID

December 30, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID  Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ways: A treatment for COVID-19 was developed. 50,000 classes shifted online in two weeks. A professor shipped virtual-reality headsets to students. 700 laptops… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Diversity, Governance, Leadership, NC Community Colleges, Our Opinion

Woodson: More back-and-forth in online classes

December 2, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – Online course offerings have improved dramatically since UNC System campuses abruptly shifted classes online last spring. But NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says they can still get better. “You can create very rich course content and very meaningful experiences for students in laboratory settings, etc., through the virtual environment,” Woodson says in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NCSU

A modest ask of state legislators for 2021-22

November 19, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2020) – Anticipating a difficult budget year, the UNC System Board of Governors adopted budget and legislative priorities for 2021-22 today that reflect the core mission of the University System, but also its intention to reduce employees. “I think we’ve been very modest with our ask,” board Chair Randy Ramsey said…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, At Risk, Crisis Response, UNC System

What NC State learned: Spacing and testing

November 12, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – NC State University learned quite a bit about managing through the coronavirus pandemic this fall. “The first thing we learned is that we can educate students safely in the classroom,” NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video. There wasn’t a single case of community spread in the university’s classrooms or… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NCSU

NC State aims for a full spring semester

November 12, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – The biggest heartache of fall semester, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says, was telling students to go home after they’d lived on campus just three weeks. “It’s that first few weeks of school where you make new friends, you build community – and our students didn’t have time to do that,” Woodson… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NCSU

Playing for Time

November 6, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Buck Goldstein It’s a strange time to be teaching. I am hundreds of miles from my campus in Chapel Hill, and it couldn’t matter less. The phenomenal guest speakers we’ve welcomed to class this semester have beamed in from all over the country, and the seminars are still rich and fascinating. In fact, it… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response

UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22

October 22, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – North Carolina is navigating the treacherous financial waters of the coronavirus pandemic for now. But the UNC Board of Governors’ October meetings were permeated by a sense of foreboding about next year. “Our campuses are half-way through the most challenging semester in at least a generation,” UNC System President… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Governance, UNC System

UNCSA and COVID-19: ‘Just what we can do under pressure’

October 15, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WINSTON-SALEM (Oct. 15, 2020) – It’s quite a challenge to play a flute or trumpet wearing a mask. And imagine trying to teach dance – or a wind ensemble – while socially distancing.  But the UNC School of the Arts is doing just that. And as some larger schools in the UNC System have reported… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Leadership, UNC School of the Arts

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