CHAPEL HILL – Some of the plans are still coming together. But UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz says he’s confident students can safely return to campus this fall. “Most people are eager to get back,” Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video from a Zoom interview. “We’ll only do that if it is safe… READ MORE
Former CDC Director: ‘Maybe that’s why I’m here’
CHAPEL HILL – Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC System’s approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions are preparing for multiple scenarios they could confront when students return, the system’s Interim President says in the accompanying video from a Zoom interview…. READ MORE
Roper: ‘Preparing for whatever scenario comes’
CHAPEL HILL – It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as president of your university during a global pandemic. In a series of Zoom interview segments from his home, Interim UNC System President William Roper discusses his optimism about students returning to campus in the fall,… READ MORE
UNC System works to make online better
CHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing when the state might face a second wave of the virus, they’re working to improve online offerings for if and when there’s a next… READ MORE
Separate yet closer than ever: Advising in the midst of a pandemic
Rayana SwansonJames B. Hunt High SchoolWilson County Schools Krissia PocasangreNorth Rowan High School and Salisbury High SchoolRowan-Salisbury School System Tabitha DeanSouth Stokes High SchoolStokes County Schools Ana GuerreroWest Mecklenburg High SchoolCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Emma Kroll-SmithCaldwell Early College High School and South Caldwell High SchoolCaldwell County Schools As college advisers in the Carolina College Advising Corps, a… READ MORE
UNC System freezes tuition for 2020-21
CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – The UNC System’s governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolina’s 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition for each class of entering freshmen, the action effectively sets tuition levels for four years for students who will enter in Fall 2020. Twelve… READ MORE
Susan Cates: COVID-19 crisis offers an education opportunity
By Susan Cates When thoughtfully planned, technology-enhanced learning can improve the educational experience for students and faculty and lower total costs across the system. Although this spring’s emergency response left no room for the luxury of thoughtful planning, COVID-19 may provide an opportunity for North Carolina to consider transformation of its higher education system to… READ MORE
No interruption: 700 laptops for FSU freshmen
FAYETTEVILLE – A thoughtful donor made a timely gift last week to Fayetteville State University’s Class of 2024: Laptop computers for all incoming freshmen next fall. It will mark the first time an entire class at the Historically Black University will be equipped with laptops, the university announced. “I am absolutely thrilled about this generous… READ MORE
Colleges to help communities ‘grow their own’ teachers
RALEIGH – It had nothing to do with the coronavirus, but the State Board of Community Colleges took an important step last week to expand North Carolina’s pipeline of future teachers. The board approved two new teacher-preparation transfer degrees – an associate in arts in teacher preparation and associate in science in teacher preparation –… READ MORE
Pandemic Pedagogy!
GREENSBORO – When it became clear in early March that the UNC System and colleges across the country would shift classes online in response to the coronavirus, Roy Schwartzman knew his fellow professors might need help. So Schwartzman – a professor of Communication Studies at UNC Greensboro and veteran online instructor – created a Facebook… READ MORE
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