RALEIGH — The budget recently enacted by the General Assembly has reduced access to longstanding programs allowing many high school students to begin college work early.
RALEIGH — UNC faculty compensation compares favorably with pay at peer institutions around the country, a new report from the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy says.
RALEIGH — The tacit agreement that underlies the unified structure of UNC — the understanding that all campuses will speak with one voice to the state legislature through the university administration — might be beginning to fray.
RALEIGH — University of North Carolina officials are considering a minimum admission standard for all campuses, Harold L. Martin, senior vice president for academic affairs, told a meeting of the Education Planning Committee of the Board of Governors last month. Such a standard could be proposed as early as June.
CHAPEL HILL — Enrollment has increased at seven UNC system institutions that were targeted to improve low enrollment numbers, according to a recently released report. Since 1999, enrollment increased at the “focused-growth” campuses by 11,777 students, or 36 percent. The program received more than $28 million in state funds. The seven institutions — Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State, NC A&T, NC Central, UNC-Pembroke, Western Carolina, and Winston-Salem State — were targeted in the program because of historically low enrollment and excess physical capacity, according to the report.
RALEIGH — Schools in the University of North Carolina system are weak in general education, according to a new study for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. UNC students are seven times more likely to be required to take a cultural diversity course than they are to study a foreign language, unlikely to be required to study Western history or civilization or even introductory literature, and not required at all to study US history. The study assumed that a general education should include a two-semester composition course, some type of introductory literature course, a US history course, a four-semester foreign language requirement, and a rigorous science course.
CHAPEL HILL— Proposed legislation affecting the UNC system captured headlines throughout the 2004 session. Most centered on two different bond packages. There were other bills, however, concerning higher education that either passed or were dropped in anticipation for greater discussion next year. While both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2005 budget included significant increases in funding, the budget bills also include authorization to replace chancellor's residences at two campuses, a new William Friday Institute for Higher Education, and a study of a tuition-grant program. A cap on out-of-state enrollment didn’t move this year.
