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Jan. 10, 2006
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:Kiplinger's Personal Finance
"Best Value in Public Colleges"
Talk about creative financing. The mortgage industry has nothing on public colleges and universities, which have used lottery tickets, T-shirts, baseball caps and private fundraisers to hold down costs and boost financial aid. ...Top-ranked UNC has kept its price well below average - charging about $4,600 for in-state tuition and fees in the 2005-06 academic year (and $12,029 per year when you add in room, board and books) - while providing generous financial assistance. It's the only school in our survey that meets 100% of each student's financial need.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/kiplingers010906.htmOther Kiplinger coverage includes:
N. Carolina named best college deal
The Akron Beacon Journal
Parents and kids looking for the best deal in a public college education should consider the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance. UNC wasn't the cheapest of the 500 public colleges the magazine evaluated, but it was the best based on factors such as cost, student-teacher ratio, graduation rates and student debt.
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http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060110value.php
http://news.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBPAW3L9IE.html
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4339235UNC-Chapel Hill is `best value' and 8 other schools make list
The Charlotte Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill's generous financial aid programs helped make it the nation's "best value" among public universities, according to the February issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine hitting newsstands today. It's the fifth time in a row UNC has topped the list, which ranks campuses on factors like academic quality, cost and financial aid.
Related Link: http://www.nbc17.com/education/5978141/detail.htmlUNC is rated No. 1 in value
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
UNC-Chapel Hill has been dubbed the best education value in the land among U.S. public, four-year universities by a financial magazine. The ranking, released today by Kiplinger's Personal Finance, means UNC has remained at the top position since the magazine started the ranking in 1998 -- even though tuition and fees have more than doubled for in-state students during the same period.
5 N.C. schools ranked in top 50 best values
The Winston-Salem Journal
Five North Carolina universities ranked in the top 50 best values among public colleges across the country in a survey by Kiplinger's magazine. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked first for the fifth year in a row, followed by N.C. State University at 28th, UNC Wilmington at 32nd, Appalachian State University at 33rd and UNC Asheville at 50th.
Related Link: http://www.wral.com/news/5952224/detail.htmlSurvey rates UNC 'best value' for fifth straight year
The Triangle Business Journal/The Triad Business Journal
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked first on Kiplinger magazine's list of the 100 best values among public colleges for the fifth straight year, despite a 5 percent tuition hike in 2005. ... UNC Chapel Hill topped the public college list for both in-state and out-of-state students, with particular emphasis put on the "reasonable" cost of tuition and the university's ability to provide 100 percent of need-based financial aid.
Related Link: http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2006/01/09/daily10.htmlMagazine ranks UNC 'best value' public university
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC is once again the best value among public universities, according to a national magazine. UNC has been at the top of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine's list of best values each of the five times the magazine has conducted a survey on the subject since 1998. ...Kiplinger's story mentioned UNC's academic quality, admissions process, the Carolina Covenant and financial aid, and successful private fundraising through the Carolina First Campaign.
Related Link: http://rdu.news14.com/content/your_news/durhamchapel_hill/?AC=&ArID=79012&SecID=42
National Coverage
Alito's Best Strategy for Reaching High Court May Be Silence
Bloomberg News
Antonin Scalia approached his 1986 U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings with a strategy of the less said the better, refusing to discuss even the 1803 case that established the court's authority to interpret the Constitution. It worked fine for him: He was confirmed 98-0. ... "He thought he could have a complete and full dialogue,'' said Michael Gerhardt, a law professor of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. ``He created landmines for himself.''
UNC News Tip: http://www.unc.edu/news/newstips/2005/supremetip103105.htmlDoctors Learn How to Say What No One Wants to Hear
The New York Times
In one room, a woman sobs into her hands after learning that her breast cancer has spread to her liver. Next door, a young man cured of lymphoma two years ago listens impassively to the news that his disease is back. ...When it comes to saying these words, "I don't think patients realize how worried we are," said Dr. Daniel Carrizosa, one of the students, who is completing his oncology training at the University of North Carolina.
Heart drug use has increased, but still suboptimal
Reuters
Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are now more likely to use evidence-based therapies than they were a few years ago, but room for improvement still exists, new research indicates. In particular, efforts are needed to increase patients‘ long-term adherence to treatment. ...In a related editorial, Dr. Sidney C. Smith, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, comments that while the findings indicate progress has been made, "most patients still do not receive the comprehensive medical therapies that can dramatically improve cardiovascular outcomes.
Q&A with Scott Kirsch: Digging with bombs
U.S. News & World Report
When the nuclear bomb was still young, weapons scientists dreamed that the doomsday devices could peacefully reshape the world. So began one of the most fantastic schemes ever devised—using hydrogen bombs as tools for civil engineering projects. Geographer and historian Scott Kirsch talked with U.S. News about his new book, Proving Grounds: Project Plowshare and the Unrealized Dream of Nuclear Earthmoving.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/dec05/kirsch121405.htmHelmet technology could reduce football concussions
The Associated Press (National)
Newer helmet technology could reduce the risk of high school football players getting concussions, but not the severity of the injury, according to new research. ..."(It) supports what we have anecdotally been discovering over the past few years," said Kevin Guskiewicz, chairman of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.The Campus Reality Tour
The New York Times
Doug Imbruce was a freshman at Columbia when he was watching an MTV reality show and struck by an incongruity: on the screen were the smallest details about the lives of celebrities. ...Superficial" is how Ryan C. Tuck, a senior at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, describes his campus's representation.
State & Local Coverage
Fresh energy for the economy (Editorial)
The Wilmington Morning Star
A new study confirms that much of North Carolina’s prosperity depends on the work of Hispanic newcomers. Legal and illegal, they contribute more than $9 billion a year to the Tar Heel economy. Financed by North Carolina banks and performed by the business school at UNC-Chapel Hill, the study attempts to calculate not only the costs that Hispanics impose on state and local government, but also the contributions they make.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/economicimpact010306.htmStudents keep ‘date with Destiny’
The Roxboro Courier Times
Ninth- and 10th-grade biology students at Person High School this week had a “date with Destiny” when the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Traveling Science Learning Program visited the PHS campus. ...The main goals of the UNC-Chapel Hill Traveling Science Learning project are to interest students in science careers and to ensure that students have access to “quality science learning opportunities.
Bob Woodward to speak at UNC
The Chapel Hill Herald
Bob Woodward, the best-selling author and assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, will speak at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School Jan. 17. Woodward will kick off the spring Dean's Speaker season by giving the Weatherspoon Lecture at 5:30 p.m. in the McColl Building's Maurice J. Koury Auditorium. The lecture, which is free to the public, will be followed by a reception. Free parking will be available in the business school parking deck.
UNC News Release: http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/jan06/woodward010906.htm
Continental Tire slashing Charlotte jobs
The Charlotte Observer
Continental Tire North America Inc., one of Charlotte's biggest manufacturers, said Monday it plans to lay off nearly half its local workforce beginning in March unless union workers accept pay cuts before then. ...The company says the average hourly salary at the Charlotte plant is about $21 an hour, plus $19 in benefits. It's proposing a total of about $26 an hour in wages and benefits. Such layoffs are a risk unions face when companies can easily shift production, said John Kasarda, a management professor at UNC Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler business school.
Lawyers in poor schools case say N.C. owes them $10.7M
The Associated Press (N.C.)
Lawyers in the landmark Leandro schools case say the state owes them $10.7 million because their work as proved successful for North Carolina's poorer schools. ...Kenneth Broun, a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Manning will have to determine what fees can be considered fair compensation.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/386897.htmlTry this cheer: 'Safety first'
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Three cheerleaders hoisted Cecily Smith above their heads this week, holding one of the teenager's legs as she stretched the other near her ear. ...Most school districts have adopted the guidelines, but coaches, many of whom have little experience with student athletes, aren't all required to take a safety course. Steve Marshall, a UNC-Chapel Hill epidemiologist and researcher on the 2004 state injury study, and Brenda Shields, lead author of the Columbus Children's Research Institute Study, say coaches should be certified.
Issues & Trends
Early leader for UNC board dies
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
William A. Dees Jr., a Goldsboro lawyer and instrumental leader in North Carolina public higher education, died Monday at the age of 85. Dees was the first elected chairman of the UNC Board of Governors, serving from 1973 to 1976 in the tumultuous early days of the 16-campus university system. He is remembered as a steady, intelligent leader who helped hold the system together despite fierce infighting among the campuses.
Town sets Mason Farm neighborhood hearing
The Chapel Hill Herald
A new subdivision called Bradley Green earned a key approval Monday, while a well-established neighborhood across town still has a few steps before its residents get some changes they want. ...The Mason Farm Neighborhood Association asked for the new NCD, stating in part that the area was next to a growing UNC and therefore "increasingly attractive to groups of students seeking housing.
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