After months of discussion, reform to the University honor system is underway with the faculty advisory committee’s first official meeting today.
Read More »The governing body of the UNC system is giving universities more leeway in how they handle outside offers for their faculty.
Read More »The UNC system has been forced to cut vital resources in the classroom, and now it is cutting some of its leaders. The UNC General Administration, which includes President Thomas Ross and other senior officers, abolished 11 positions to cope with the budget cuts — and it could bring an axe to even more.
Read More »To market their products to students on campus, companies are utilizing a novel approach: employing the students themselves.
Read More »The University remains in the planning stages of reform in the housekeeping department. Positions of membership in the employee advisory committee, which will link housekeeping staff and management, are open.
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After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference Friday.
Read More »The system of dealing with plagiarism and the costs of technology to faculty were reviewed at the faculty executive committee meeting Monday.
Read More »When the UNC system’s governing body met Thursday, discussions about how to absorb budget cuts and supplement them through other sources of revenue dominated its agenda.
Read More »The revival of a faculty advisory committee to the honor system is already starting to take shape as the University attempts to restore the faculty’s faith in the student-run system.
Read More »After a consultant’s report unveiled problems of discrimination and inadequate management in Housekeeping Services, University administrators are starting efforts to reform the department immediately.
Read More »Plans to offer buyout packages to tenured faculty have been discussed as a viable option to cut costs and find savings at universities in the state.
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With the selection of four candidates for the position of vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, the University has moved one step closer to addressing its diversity woes.
Read More »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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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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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A $10-million fund set in place to protect high-profile faculty in the UNC system has dwindled to nearly nothing.
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The 13-member committee tapped to select UNC’s next athletic director and the firm hired to lead the search met for the first time Wednesday to discuss candidates for the job.
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The 13-member search committee that was formed to help find North Carolina’s next athletic director held its first meeting on Friday, at which the group refined the job description and decided to employ the services of a national search firm.
Read More »As the search for the University’s head of finance draws to a close, the search for a new athletic director is just beginning — with a familiar twist.
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