Yes, it was a year like no other. More than anything, 2020 was a year of change and continuous adjustment. COPING WITH COVID Higher education in North Carolina adapted in so many ways: A treatment for COVID-19 was developed. 50,000 classes shifted online in two weeks. A professor shipped virtual-reality headsets to students. 700 laptops… READ MORE
Philip Rogers named next ECU Chancellor
CHAPEL HILL (Dec. 17, 2020) – The UNC Board of Governors chose Greenville native Philip G. Rogers today as the next chancellor at East Carolina University. “Dr. Rogers is a driven leader who brings energy and vitality to ECU,” said UNC System President Peter Hans. “He has broad national higher education experience and deep local… READ MORE
Stith named NC Community College System President
RALEIGH (Dec. 14, 2020) – North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges today named Thomas Stith III, the chief of staff to former Gov. Pat McCrory, as the next President of the NC Community College System. “Thomas Stith is a proven leader with a broad network of relationships in business, education and government in North… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rules
CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – After multiple episodes of micromanagement and rogue investigations by members of the UNC Board of Governors and campus trustees, the Board of Governors adopted revised rules last week for what’s expected of board members and how they can be disciplined. “I think this is very important,” Board Chair Randy… READ MORE
UNCSA and COVID-19: ‘Just what we can do under pressure’
WINSTON-SALEM (Oct. 15, 2020) – It’s quite a challenge to play a flute or trumpet wearing a mask. And imagine trying to teach dance – or a wind ensemble – while socially distancing. But the UNC School of the Arts is doing just that. And as some larger schools in the UNC System have reported… READ MORE
Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?
CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 17, 2020) – The UNC System Board of Governors voted Thursday to give UNC President Peter Hans new power to weigh in on choices of chancellors for the System’s 17 campuses. Until now, each campus’s Board of Trustees has conducted a search and recommended at least two finalists to become chancellor. The… READ MORE
Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches
(Sept. 16, 2020) – The President of the UNC System should be able to recommend candidates for chancellor at the System’s 17 institutions. But the President should not be able to dictate finalists in those searches. Currently, campus boards of trustees name search committees to interview candidates for chancellor. The campus board then recommends at… READ MORE
Why the search for a new NC Community College System president is so critical
By Breeden Blackwell and Bob Stephens The coronavirus pandemic and resulting unemployment crisis have thrown into sharp relief the value of North Carolina’s community colleges. First responders, nurses, respiratory therapists and other health care workers are largely educated at community colleges – tens of thousands of recent graduates were prepared for the front lines of… READ MORE
Why bother with a search if outcome is decided?
CHAPEL HILL – Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches that’s before the UNC Board of Governors would direct the System President and Board officers to develop a pool of candidates within the UNC System as prospects to become chancellors at UNC institutions…. READ MORE
Hans: ‘Opportunity for all… all North Carolinians’
CHAPEL HILL (June 19, 2020) – Peter Hans is just 50 years old. But he has already spent decades preparing for his new job as President of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System. Hans, who grew up in Southport and Hendersonville, served six years on the State Board of Community Colleges, two of them… READ MORE
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