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January 20, 2004
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
The SAT III?
The New York Times
As any parent will attest, predicting the behavior of an evolving, impressionable
17-year-old is a crapshoot. Will he show up at an 8 a.m. class, or party too
much? Will he stay in college in the face of personal or financial challenges, or
even persevere through a difficult course?...Jerome Lucido, vice provost for
enrollment and management at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, says his first thought when hearing a presentation on Dr.
Sternberg's test was: ''That's exactly the information we're trying to extrapolate
when we read an applicant's portfolio.''
Electing Chaos (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Washington Post
By Jennifer Bremer
The Bush administration's timeline for political transition in Iraq, announced only
in November, is already in deep trouble. Although the first of its five milestones --
a law defining how to choose constitutional convention delegates -- is still nearly
two months away, even administration leaders are sounding doubtful. Will elections
lead to a political outcome that is peaceful, democratic and stable, or is it possible
the post-election period will find us facing chaos, even civil war? ...The writer directs the Washington Center of the University of North Carolina's Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. She is no relation to L. Paul Bremer, the chief U.S. administrator in Iraq.
NASCAR fans will see Dean's name on No. 84 hood
Orlando Sentinel
Howard Dean's presidential campaign just picked up speed -- about 190 mph....Bill
Ferris, co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said Sabato's view is "naïve, if not plain wrong."
State and Local Coverage
Rethink tuition plan (Editorial)
The Charlotte Observer
North Carolina has an outstanding public university system featuring superb flagship
campuses that are the envy of the nation. They achieved that excellence in part because of significant investments taxpayers made in their future -- and in part because the university obeyed the state Constitution and made its facilities available at a low cost....As a result, some of the nation's best students -- from North Carolina and from elsewhere -- chose to study at UNC Chapel Hill, N.C. State and other university system campuses throughout the state. Many of them stayed in North Carolina after graduation, contributing to the economic expansion that helped boost this state in the second half of the 20th century.
Tuition inflation: the price is too high (Editorial)
Wilmington Star News
UNC-Chapel Hill's Faculty Senate voted Friday to oppose a $1,500 increase in tuition and fees for out-of-state students - even though much of the extra money would fatten professors' salaries.
UNC faculty oppose tuition hike
The News & Observer
In a unanimous vote Friday, UNC-Chapel Hill's Faculty Council opposed the plan for a $1,500 tuition increase for out-of-state students, calling it an extreme action that could harm students, threaten graduate education, and violate longstanding campus principles. Even though revenue from the increases would be used in large part to boost faculty salaries, professors said they were troubled by many aspects of the trustees' plan for a drastic increase in out-of-state tuition.
Faculty opposes tuition plan
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC's faculty council chimed in on the university's controversial tuition increase proposal Friday, joining student leaders in opposing a plan that would raise out-of-state tuition significantly....UNC Chancellor James Moeser said such funding makes sense for a year, if used as a "bridge" for scholarship programs trying to find extra money to keep up with rising costs.
Nanotechnology center to open at NCSU
Triangle Business Journal
North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday will open a new nanotechnology center.
Hospitals a hidden key
The News & Observer
When WakeMed opened a $26 million outpatient surgery center in northern Wake County in April, it brought nearly 50 new jobs...."Every community has some level of need for health care services, which gives them a segment of the economy that's more or less recession proof," said Michael Luger, who directs the Office of Economic Development at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
UNC health search narrows
The News & Observer
The search for the next chief executive of the state-supported UNC Health Care system is winding down, with the dean of Carolina's highly regarded School of Public Health, Dr. William L. Roper, looking like the heir apparent....A search committee will meet privately this morning to discuss the finalists, which include Roper and at least one external candidate.
Entrepreneurs join service sector
The News & Observer
Mindy Miller dreamed for years of starting her own business, but it was a humiliating layoff that gave her the push into self-employment....In May, eight months after losing her accounting job at a small office-supply company, Miller used a business loan from Bank of America to open a used-book store in a busy Cary shopping center...."It's a good time for us here in the Triangle," said Rollie Tillman, a leading authority on entrepreneurship and a marketing professor who recently retired from Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill. "I think we're on the cusp of a new wave of entrepreneurship and economic development."
What black men say (Question & Answer)
The News & Observer
As the Wake library system leads a community-wide discussion of "Wolf Whistle," based on the true story of a black boy who was brutally killed and dumped into a river for flirting with a white woman in 1955, Q wondered how race plays in the everyday lives of black men today....Lloyd J. Edwards, 45, a Tennessee native, is an associate professor of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Racism: Is it more than skin deep?
The News & Observer
When Democratic presidential candidates tangled about race in their final debate before Monday's Iowa caucuses, the clash was a textbook example of the continuing power of race to polarize...."It would be an unusual person who wouldn't acknowledge that race still plays a role in our society," said Jack Boger, who is white and the deputy director of the Center for Civil Rights at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Group celebrates MLK
The Chapel Hill News
The newly formed UNC Workers Solidarity Coalition celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. at a rally in the Pit Thursday.
Taming the spam scam
The Herald-Sun
Paul Jones is a stream-of-consciousness guy, the sort who revels in the silly things in life....A UNC professor who specializes in digital communications and other Internet issues, Jones clearly finds some humor in the barrage of spam that gives fits to so many computer users.Issues and Trends
The Results Are In On Early Admission
The Wall Street Journal
A year after several top colleges revamped their rules on early admissions, that change is already having an impact on who gets in where.
Eureka! Badly Shrunken University Endowments Make a Discovery: Black Ink
The New York Times
Profits from university endowments rebounded in the 2003 fiscal year, but not by enough to erase the losses of earlier years, according to the latest annual survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Low-income college students are increasingly left behind
USA Today
College costs will take center stage this year as Congress reauthorizes the Higher Education Act. The law, first passed in 1965, was supposed to help make college affordable to students from all economic backgrounds. But a new book of essays, America's Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education, argues that it hasn't done enough. USA TODAY's Greg Toppo talked with the editor, Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation.
Student-Aid and Job-Training Programs May Get Brief Mention in Bush's Speech to Congress Tonight
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher-education issues are expected to take a back seat to the war in Iraq and the economy in President Bush's State of the Union speech tonight, although Pell Grants and financing for job-training programs might merit brief mentions, according to a senior official in the Bush administration.
Fighting Homophobia? A Fine Idea
The New York Times
Last spring, a group of 10 Duke University students sat around a dinner table discussing how homogenous their campus felt -- by which they meant the same style of dress, same handbag, same political attitudes....The shirts quickly became popular. What began as a T-shirt giveaway has evolved into a nonprofit organization (finebyme.org), with shirts selling for $7 each. More than 2,000 have been distributed at Duke, and the idea has moved to other campuses, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Greensboro, Wake Forest, Bucknell, Arizona State and the University of New Hampshire.
N.C. education leaders agree to expand weighted-grades for students
Associated Press
State education leaders have agreed to give high-school students more ways to boost their grade-point averages, instead of scaling back as some education leaders recommended....About 500 community college courses that can transfer for credit to schools in the University of North Carolina will carry the extra grade point.
Lobbying law seems redundant (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Like any troubled marriage, the often-bumpy relationship between Chapel Hill and UNC has suffered more from a shortage than a glut of communication. Too often, problems surface because one partner is in the dark about the interests, desires and problems of the other.
UNC-CH accused of lobbying in town
The News & Observer
Perhaps the offer is for lunch, coffee or another informal one-on-one meeting. Sometimes it might be tickets to a Tar Heel basketball game.....Nancy Suttenfield, UNC-CH vice chancellor for finance and administration, said she decided after the November municipal elections -- one in which the top three vote-getters were described as neighborhood advocates and critics of the university's expansion plans -- to try to make it easier for an exchange of information.
Council to study lobbyist law
The Chapel Hill News
The head of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce says a proposal to create a registration system for local lobbyists is "inconsistent with the community's tradition and history of open communication."...Nancy Suttenfield, UNC vice chancellor of finance and administration, said last week that the university recently adopted a policy of pairing top-level administrators and trustees with individual council members.
Traffic, housing at Carolina North (Commentary)
The Chapel Hill Herald
An open letter to UNC's advisory committee on the Carolina North master plan: ...I believe two aspects of the master plan, vehicular traffic and housing, are intertwined in the search for an appropriate solution.
Road isn't best candidate for King's name (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
Without a doubt, Martin Luther King Jr. is due a more substantial public honor than the town of Chapel Hill has seen fit to offer to date. The trick is to come up with one that doesn't slight the community's past.
Let's look at effect of UNC project on water (Letter to the Editor)
The Chapel Hill News
The planning for Carolina North, also known as UNC's Horace Williams tract, is one of the major issues currently facing our town. Most discussions have centered on transportation, parking and especially the effects of increased traffic around neighborhoods near Carolina North.
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