UNC-system students plan ‘Cuts Hurt’ video project
Students at Western Carolina University are using multimedia to depict the effects of budget cuts on students — and the trend is catching on throughout the state.
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Students at Western Carolina University are using multimedia to depict the effects of budget cuts on students — and the trend is catching on throughout the state.
UNC-system schools are looking to external sources of funding to maintain their reputation as top research institutions.
UNC-system administrators are working to expand foreign language learning opportunities for students as part of an initiative they hope will save money in the long run.
UNC-system administrators are working to expand foreign language learning opportunities for students as part of an initiative they hope will save money in the long run.
UNC-system administrators will be presented today with campus-by-campus data detailing a clearer picture of the effects of this year’s budget cuts.
Following changes to two UNC-system schools’ credit ratings, administrators are looking into the criteria behind the ratings to avoid future downgrades.
UNC-Chapel Hill is not the only school reviewing its campus alert system.
_Due to a reporting error, Monday’s page 3 story “UNC system considers athletic changes” incorrectly stated the athletic task force was created by system President Thomas Ross last March. He announced the creation of the task force in January. The story also stated that Ross had not yet endorsed the report. He is expected to issue his own proposals for consideration by the UNC-system Board of Governors by the end of the year. The story also incorrectly stated that the task force was created in response to the 2010 NCAA investigation of possible improprieties involving UNC-CH’s football program. The task force was prompted by recent athletics-related issues on several UNC-system campuses, not just the UNC-CH investigation. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors and any confusion._
The partisan gridlock at the national and state level will not be trickling down to the university level.
CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, the original version of this story incorrectly states when the UNC system plans to comply with a record request. The system plans to comply with the request in one to two days.
UNC-system schools are losing more than just funding. They’re losing faculty members.
Members of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments ended the academic year with a promise to lobby legislators throughout the summer to keep cuts as low as possible.
CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, the original version of this story incorrectly states the athletic task force was created by system President Thomas Ross last March. He announced the creation of the task force in January. The story also stated that Ross had not yet endorsed the report. He is expected to issue his own proposals for consideration by the UNC-system Board of Governors by the end of the year.The story also incorrectly stated that the task force was created in response to the 2010 NCAA investigation of possible improprieties involving UNC-CH’s football program. The task force was prompted by recent athletics-related issues on several UNC-system campuses, not just the UNC-CH investigation. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors and any confusion.
University students and parents will be relieved to find that a supplemental tuition increase has not been tacked onto their bills this summer.
UNC-system President Thomas Ross has been forced to grapple with a systemwide cut of 15.6 percent or $414 million in state funding during his first year in office, including a cut of almost 18 percent, or more than $100 million, at UNC-Chapel Hill.
All $20 million in transferred funds from the UNC Health Care system will be used to offset a state funding cut of almost 18 percent or more than $100 million at UNC-Chapel Hill, said UNC Health Care spokeswoman Karen McCall.
In the face of a shrinking budget, the University’s Office of Scholarships and Student Aid is starting to dip into reserve funds to compensate for cuts to financial aid.
Despite proposed changes to the way universities fund enrollment growth, UNC-system administrators say increasing enrollment may no longer be an option because of state funding cuts.
Members of the UNC-system Board of Governors hope to show their disapproval of the state legislature’s proposed budget by postponing any discussion of supplemental tuition increases at their monthly meeting.
Although not as deep as a 17.4 percent cut, the latest proposed reduction in state funding would still puncture the academic core of universities, UNC-system administrators say.