Educating faculty members about the nuances of the student-run honor system is the first major goal to emerge from the faculty honor system advisory committee. The newly formed committee met for the first time Friday to discuss how the members could best aid the honor system and increase faculty involvement.
Read More »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 system of dealing with plagiarism and the costs of technology to faculty were reviewed at the faculty executive committee meeting Monday.
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 »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.
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.
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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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After spending 11 years working for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, King said she would like the chance to work in a college setting as dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Bruce Carney, executive vice chancellor and provost, presented statistics to the board about declining faculty retention and emphasized the importance of the issue to maintaining the University’s long-term academic quality.
Read More »As the University braces for budget cuts to the UNC system, officials are anticipating the departure of some faculty for more lucrative employment options. While UNC is not the only university facing budget pressures, University officials say many private institutions are not dealing with the same constraints.
Read More »Two University professors from the College of Arts and Sciences earned Guggenheim Fellowships to fund their future research projects. William Brundage, distinguished history professor, has written about lynching and utopian socialism.
Read More »Jacquelyn Dowd Hall has been elected as a fellow in prestigious national honor society the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hall is a historian of Southern women’s studies and is the founding director of the Southern Oral History Program in the Center for the Study of the American South. She has led the program for 37 years, during which it has recorded about 4,300 first-hand accounts of history.
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On Friday McKay Coble saw the approval of a master lecturer position that would come in addition to the lecturer and senior lecturer positions that are already in place for fixed-term faculty within the College of Arts and Sciences.
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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
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Ceremony honors faculty, teaching assistants and staff UNC students honored three faculty members, six teaching assistants and one staff member at the Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony April 12. The recipients were chosen by a student selection committee for teaching excellence and service to undergraduate students, and the awards were presented by outgoing Student Body President Hogan Medlin. Faculty members Alain J.
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