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Ross farewell: “This treasure that truly belongs to the people”

December 11, 2015 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CHAPEL HILL (Dec. 11, 2015) – With dignity and grace, University of North Carolina President Tom Ross said farewell to the same board that removed him, urging its members to strengthen the University. “Without question, leading one of the nation’s top public universities, the University of North Carolina, has been a true highlight in my… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality

UNCG Chancellor: “That’s who you want in the classroom.”

December 1, 2015 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

GREENSBORO – Though he’s new to campus, Chancellor Frank Gilliam of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro knows UNCG lost a star health economist to the University of Virginia. “If faculty salaries stagnate, you will have retention problems,” Gilliam says in the accompanying video. “Our faculty, the best ones, are as good as anybody… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality, From Our Campuses, Human Capital, teachers, UNC Greensboro

BOG: Faculty pay on the agenda

November 17, 2015 by Higher Ed Works 5 Comments

CHAPEL HILL – Long-stagnant pay for university teachers and researchers will be at the top of the agenda when the University of North Carolina Board of Governors convenes Dec. 11. During a special meeting of the board last week, members spoke of their growing worry about the impact of lackluster pay and benefits for faculty… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Expert Analysis, Focus on Quality, Human Capital

What about us?

November 10, 2015 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

When the Board of Governors that oversees North Carolina’s public universities granted raises recently to 12 chancellors, it prompted faculty across the system to ask:  What about us? There is no doubt that faculty – who’ve gone seven years with just one insignificant raise – are long overdue for a raise. This year University faculty… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality, From Our Campuses, Human Capital

VIDEO: Reynolds CEO Susan Cameron: No greater legacy

November 3, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

To have a talented workforce for the 21st century, government, philanthropies and employers must all value higher education, Reynolds American President and CEO Susan Cameron says in the accompanying video. “There’s no greater legacy than changing lives through education,” she says. That includes making higher education available throughout a worker’s career, Cameron says – whether… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Economic Impact, Focus on Quality

VIDEO: Reynolds CEO: Great faculty help students find their passion

November 3, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Great faculty are “pivotal” to higher education, Reynolds American President and CEO Susan Cameron says in the accompanying video. “Everybody can talk about one professor where the light bulb went on,” says Cameron, herself a trustee at the University of Florida. “Great faculty can help students to find their passion – and if they find… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Economic Impact, Focus on Quality, Human Capital

State Leaders on Margaret Spellings

October 29, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Former Gov. Jim Hunt  Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt worked with UNC President-Elect Margaret Spellings when she was an education advisor for then-Gov. George W. Bush of Texas in the late 1990s.  The two states were in a friendly competition to see which could raise test scores fastest – especially among low-income students. Hunt… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality, Leadership, President Spellings

Too important

October 28, 2015 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

Yes – it was a tumultuous, divisive search with too many political overtones. But it is time to close ranks behind Margaret Spellings, whom the UNC Board of Governors has selected as the next President of the University of North Carolina System. The stakes are too high to do otherwise:  The futures of 220,000 students,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Expert Analysis, Focus on Quality, Leadership, President Spellings

Faculty Assembly Chair: Trouble at all levels with recruitment, retention

October 28, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Dr. Stephen Leonard, professor of political science at UNC Chapel Hill, is serving his second year as chair of the UNC System’s Faculty Assembly. He represents more than 16,000 professors across North Carolina’s public universities.  Leonard sat down with the Higher Education Works Foundation to talk about the importance of recruiting and retaining high-quality faculty…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality, From Our Campuses, Human Capital

PHINEAS’ STORY: UNC Lineberger immunotherapy makes one happy 6-year-old

October 14, 2015 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Two years ago, Carlos and Tina Sandi faced a fear that was all too familiar – the fear of losing a child to cancer. Their 4-year-old son, Phineas, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Their daughter, Althea, had been diagnosed with a different form of leukemia six years earlier and died from… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2015, Focus on Quality, From Our Campuses

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