CHAPEL HILL – The coronavirus pandemic certainly brought challenges to UNC-Chapel Hill. But it also prompted advances, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video from a recent Zoom interview. Innovations in online instruction, of course, have been most prominent. And that has implications for the University’s reach. “We’re going to be able to expand… READ MORE
December relief package to send UNC System $288 million
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 20, 2021) – UNC System schools should receive nearly $288 million from the coronavirus relief package Congress passed in December, the System’s federal liaison told members of the UNC Board of Governors Wednesday. That’s in addition to $180 million the UNC System received from the CARES Act last spring, for a total… READ MORE
Guskiewicz: In a better position
CHAPEL HILL (Jan. 19, 2021) – UNC-Chapel Hill learned a few things about COVID-19 and human behavior last fall. As students resume classes today, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz says in the accompanying video, officials have put those lessons to work. “It’ll be different from a typical semester, but we’re going to do everything we can to… READ MORE
Financial challenges at Chapel Hill
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
A prudent delay to in-person classes
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
State leaders pay tribute to Marc Basnight
RALEIGH – In the days following his death Dec. 28, political, education, business leaders and others across North Carolina paid tribute to former NC Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight: Gov. Roy Cooper, NC Senate, 1991-2001 North Carolina lost a giant today with the passing of my friend, Senator Marc Basnight. His positive influence on… READ MORE
Basnight helped North Carolinians for generations to come
By David RiceExecutive DirectorHigher Ed Works Marc Basnight was not formally educated. But Marc Basnight was a learned man. Basnight, the former NC Senate president pro tempore who died Monday (Dec. 28) after a long battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), regretted his entire life that he didn’t go to college. But Basnight was a… READ MORE
2020: Coping with COVID
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
Earn college credits in high school – for free!
RALEIGH – Many North Carolina families are struggling these days. But for students who want to earn college credits while still in high school, there’s a free way to do it. Career & College Promise lets high-school students enroll at local community colleges to earn credits that count the same as Advanced Placement (AP) courses… READ MORE
Philip Rogers named next ECU Chancellor
CHAPEL HILL (Dec. 17, 2020) – The UNC Board of Governors chose Greenville native Philip G. Rogers today as the next chancellor at East Carolina University. “Dr. Rogers is a driven leader who brings energy and vitality to ECU,” said UNC System President Peter Hans. “He has broad national higher education experience and deep local… READ MORE
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