System failure: After missteps, BOG must tread carefully with online education
When the Board of Governors said in January that it was looking to root redundancies out of the UNC system, it should have meant it.
Read More »When the Board of Governors said in January that it was looking to root redundancies out of the UNC system, it should have meant it.
Read More »“Poverty is not an excuse from but a reason for education.” Former UNC President Edward Kidder Graham wrote this in 1916, reminding us of the bedrock ...
Read More »Today, administrators and students will get their first glimpse at next year’s proposed tuition plans, setting the field for the discussions ahead. ...
Read More »If Appalachian State University wants to tout its openness, it should be more inclined to have a free and open exchange of ideas.
Read More »For the remainder of this year and the next, students will be allowed to study at Davis Library until 2 a.m. — a closing time that budget cuts made ...
Read More »UNC clearly wants to be seen as a leading institution for sustainability and environmental stewardship, but apparently not when it comes to its money. ...
Read More »This university is ultimately accountable to those who fund it. So if we shift the burden for funding from the state to solely the students who attend, ...
Read More »As it cuts funding to the UNC system, the N.C. General Assembly must place a higher priority on maintaining funding for merit-based enrichment programs ...
Read More »With the top-ranked UNC men’s basketball team opening its season in a most spectacular fashion, it would be easy to forget Veterans Day’s deep meaning ...
Read More »Abdurrahim El-Keib ? El-Keib, who received his PhD from N.C.
Read More »Since assuming the student body presidency in April, Mary Cooper has wasted little time pursuing her platform goals. After putting a face on the deep ...
Read More »Four years after supporting the Homegrown Halloween initiative, the Coalition for Alcohol and Drug Free Teenagers of Chapel Hill and Carrboro is back ...
Read More »One year after its narrow defeat, the quarter-cent sales tax referendum has made a ballot comeback. As many of its opponent’s have noted, this referendum’s ...
Read More »Online education has come a long way. Recent years have seen it rise from having a bad rap to having a place atop the academia’s ivory tower and, as ...
Read More »In the chaotic power struggle of conference realignment, one action needs to take place: East Carolina University’s move to the Big East Conference. ...
Read More »When any department comes under fire for compromising its academic standards, all students bear the consequences.
Read More »One year after its narrow defeat, the quarter-cent sales tax referendum has made a ballot comeback. As many of its opponent’s have noted, this referendum’s ...
Read More »After claiming the closest mayoral election in Chapel Hill’s history, Mark Kleinschmidt knew he had to transform from fiery candidate to coalition builder. ...
Read More »In Chapel Hill, the harsh reality of having to do more with less appears to be going nowhere. That is, until town leaders embrace what has to be done ...
Read More »In Chapel Hill, the harsh reality of having to do more with less appears to be going nowhere. That is, until town leaders embrace what has to be done ...
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