Board of Trustees considers how to support student athletes
Members of the Board of Trustees’ academic affairs committee questioned what the University is doing to address the support of student athletes at its meeting Wednesday.
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Members of the Board of Trustees’ academic affairs committee questioned what the University is doing to address the support of student athletes at its meeting Wednesday.
The University’s top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs will soon join the provost’s cabinet — a change administrators hope will heighten UNC’s focus on diversity.
UNC needs to do more to ensure it is creating a supportive and enriching environment for faculty success and retention, or it risks losing its status as a premier public institution. After two years of plunging in the faculty resource rankings, from 35th to 59th, it’s time for the University administration to act.
Elliot Cramer said he’s out of options.
Today marks the Faculty Council’s first full meeting of the year, and new chairwoman of the faculty Jan Boxill is looking to emphasize more participation in the absence of any pressing issues.
A $10-million fund set in place to protect high-profile faculty in the UNC system has dwindled to nearly nothing.
Susan King is not the kind of person to stay in one place for a long time, she said.
As the University prepares for the implementation of a contextualized grading policy, officials say they are striving to make the new transcripts both accessible and informative.
John Ellison, an outgoing member of the Board of Trustees, said goodbye to the board today, just as an issue he has constantly emphasized took center stage.
Issues of faculty retention and grade inflation dominated the Wednesday meeting of the University affairs committee of the Board of Trustees.
As the University braces for budget cuts to the UNC system, officials are anticipating the departure of some faculty for more lucrative employment options.
Jan Boxill said she never expected to gain prominence when she joined the UNC community 26 years ago.
Two University professors from the College of Arts and Sciences earned Guggenheim Fellowships to fund their future research projects.
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall has been elected as a fellow in prestigious national honor society the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
With an average campus grade point average of 3.1, UNC is one of many universities nationwide questioning the true value of a grade point average in the face of grade inflation.
With a sigh and a “hallelujah,” McKay Coble celebrated the advent of a third lecturer position on Friday.
The University reached a settlement last week with Bonnie Yankaskas, ending an 18-month standoff in which the embattled cancer researcher appealed a salary cut and demotion that followed a breach of the Carolina Mammography Registry.
Bonnie Yankaskas, a highly regarded UNC cancer researcher, settled her dispute with the University today, agreeing to dismiss her appeal, provide the University with a full release of all claims — and leave the University no later than Dec. 31, officials said.
Students recommended that social media play a larger role in the University’s emergency response policy at a meeting Thursday of the Executive Group, a collection of 10 high-ranking administrators charged with reviewing Alert Carolina.
At today’s meeting of the Faculty Council, officials will seek an endorsement for a new introductory English class that would be required of all freshmen, beginning in fall 2012.