January 28, 2004

Carolina in the News

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:

International Note

The Jan. 26 Financial Times ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler's MBA Program No. 17 in its sixth annual ranking of the world's top 100 programs. Related coverage includes these links:

International Coverage

Why US faces a challenge to its dominant position
Financial Times
It is an acknowledged truth that US business schools have always dominated the MBA market in both quality and quantity....Implementation will be different at other business schools. At the Kenan-Flagler school at the University of North Carolina, for example, newly-appointed dean Steve Jones predicts that the same material will be taught to students but that there will be greater use of student teamwork, for example, to foster interpersonal and inter-cultural skills.

Social awareness takes a higher profile
Financial Times
US alumni have always been known for their philanthropy - with many giving generously on graduation and subsequently donating a percentage of their salary to their former school or university....But although the events of 9/11 and the corporate scandals may have been the catalyst for many business schools, James Johnson, professor of management at Kenan-Flagler business school at the University of North Carolina, believes there are other contributory factors.

Depression traced to family hypertension
United Press International
University of North Carolina scientists in Chapel Hill have linked high blood pressure and depression in those with a family history of hypertension.

National Coverage

N.C. academic system picks ex-HCFA chief as CEO
Modern Healthcare
William Roper, the former head of HCFA, before it became the CMS, and of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been named chief executive officer of the University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, effective March 15.
Related link: http://www.healthleaders.com/news/newspage51918.html

North Carolina HIV prevention program receives CDC grant
The Advocate
A program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine that integrates HIV prevention efforts into regular care for HIV-positive patients has received a $1.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kerry aims for knockout in N.H. vote
The Orlando Sentinel
Sen. John Kerry stands ready to claim another victory today in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary, a double crown that could propel him to the Democratic presidential nomination...."Southern Democrats are still nervous about Kerry -- not as nervous as they have been about Dean," says Ferrell Guillory, director of Southern political studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

State and Local Note

Barbara Matilsky, curator of exhibitions at the Ackland Art Museum, will speak on WUNC-TV this Friday about two concurrent photography exhibitions, Defining Moments: Two Centuries of Photography and Collecting Photography: A Community Dialogue.

State and Local Coverage

Viewpoints....Higher price tag (Commentary)
The Daily Tar Heel
Today's Daily Tar Heel editorial page includes four opinion-editorial columns by Trustee ChairRichard "Stick" Williams, Student Body President Matt Tepper and
DTH staff.

Trustees wrong on tuition raise (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill News
Does UNC know what it's doing with out-of-state students?...You have to ask that question after watching the recent flip-flop on the university's part in its policy toward non-residents.

Reflections on tuition debate: Questions worth asking (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Chapel Hill News
Last week's action by the chancellor and the Board of Trustees have raised profound questions that are likely to resonate far beyond our campus and beyond this point in time....Judith Wegner, a law professor at UNC, is chair of the Faculty Council.

UNC Leadership (Editorial)
Winston-Salem Journal
It's a sad day for the University of North Carolina system when James Moeser and Marye Anne Fox are the only two people demonstrating any sense of propriety and political awareness.

Broad's bonus babies (Editorial)
The News & Observer
The bonuses issued to most chancellors in the University of North Carolina system were ill-conceived, ill-timed and sent an understandably frustrating message to faculty and staff of UNC campuses....UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser rightly declined a bonus in view of the faculty/staff issue, and N.C. State Chancellor Marye Anne Fox commendably is donating her bonus to the campus fund-raising campaign.

Moeser foregoes bonus to 'stand with troops'
The Chapel Hill News
James Moeser, chancellor of the UNC-CH campus, has declined a bonus worth between $20,450 and $30,675. University System President Molly Broad offered chancellors at each UNC campus one-time bonuses worth 8 to 12 percent of their salaries, pay boosts authorized by the Board of Governors last fall.

Roses & Raspberries
The Chapel Hill News
Roses to UNC Chancellor James Moeser, who had the good sense to decline his raise and "stand with the troops." N.C. State Chancellor Marye Ann Fox will donate hers to that university's fund-raising campaign....Roses to Bill Roper, newly ap-pointed CEO of the UNC Health Care System.

Film shows '60s struggle for black gains in N.C. (Question & Answer)
The News & Observer
At the beginning of Black History Month, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC-Chapel Hill will show the documentary "February One," about the Greensboro sit-in Feb. 1, 1960.

Delay key to FedEx decision
Greensboro News & Record
FedEx opponents must prove several legal points to persuade a court to temporarily stop work on the project, most importantly that the environment -- and public -- would suffer more by allowing work to continue than the airport would suffer by stopping the job...."It's a difficult issue for a court," said Elizabeth Gibson, a law professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Mystery illness hits more at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
More UNC students have been treated for vomiting, nausea and diarrhea since the unknown ailment responsible for the symptoms emerged last week.

The old college try -- UNC holds classes
The Chapel Hill Herald
Duke, N.C. State and N.C. Central universities were closed Tuesday because of snow and ice, but not UNC.

Issues and Trends

Colleges' New Tuition Crisis
Newsweek
Higher education is getting less, not more public financial support. That's astonishing, in a country that knows the jobs of the future will require more knowledge and technical talent. President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, promised to add mini-funding to some programs affecting higher ed. But that doesn't begin to offset the losses students face in the value of their federal financial aid.

End special privilege (Opinion-Editorial Column)
USA Today
In America, the kind of family you come from should never determine your destiny. My parents worked in mills and did not have much money. But because of their hard work and good public schools, I was able to become the first person in my family to go to college. I've lived a life I never dreamed that I'd have.

Preserve universities' right to shape student community (Opinion-Editorial Column)
USA Today
Each year, Dickinson College admits about half of the students who apply to the Pennsylvania liberal arts school. But if applicants' parents or siblings graduated from Dickinson, their chance of admission shoots up to 75%. Overall, 12% of Dickinson's incoming freshmen have family connections that give them a leg up over other applicants that has nothing to do with grades or SAT scores.

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