Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
State & Local Coverage
David Routh UNC’s New Vice Chancellor For Development
WCHL
Sept. 26
Corporate executive David Routh is UNC’s new Vice Chancellor for Development. Chancellor Carol Folt made the announcement during Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, though Routh was not in attendence.
UNC students want end to coal investments
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Sept. 25/26
Comparing their movement to the apartheid divestment campaigns in the 1980s, UNC-Chapel Hill student activists are pushing campus leaders to sell off the university’s investments in coal stocks. Students held a demonstration on campus Wednesday, where they wore yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the words, “Beyond Coal.” Then they took their case to a financial committee of the UNC-CH Board of Trustees.
Related Link:
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1703655124/UNC-students-make-pitch-for-coal-divestment
Four UNC startups land $80K in Carolina Kickstart awards
WRALTechWire (TV; Raleigh)
Sept. 26
Four startup companies spun out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded $80,000 in commercialization funds to help them bring their technologies to market. The Kickstart Commercialization Awards come from Carolina Kickstart, a program of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, or NCTraCS. The awards are designated for UNC startups in the biomedical technologies, pharmaceuticals or other aspects of the life sciences.
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/6241/107/
Economies of Care: As UNC Health expands, it saves
Triangle Business Journal
Sept. 26
As hospitals around the state fall under the UNC Health Care umbrella, the system is seeing more in purchasing savings. … For the fiscal year ending June 30, UNC Health Care reported $8.9 million of purchasing savings, according to its annual report. That’s more than any year in history and up from the previous record of $5.5 million, set in 2010.
Hairston returns to practice, issues apology
WRAL-TV (Raleigh)
Sept. 26
"I will do whatever I can to regain your faith in me and make sure I represent the school and the Tar Heels with respect in the future," University of North Carolina guard P.J. Hairston said in a statement released Thursday afternoon. Hairston and head coach Roy Williams were both quoted in the statement, issued on the basketball team's annual media day.
National Coverage
Back to 2U
Inside Higher Ed
Sept. 26
The online course pool Semester Online is growing again after Wake Forest University this month decided to join ed-tech company 2U’s consortium. … Announced last year, Semester Online intends to give students the flexibility to keep up with their studies while traveling abroad, working an internship or taking on some other responsibility that would prevent them from attending class. … In addition to Wake Forest, Semester Online’s partners include Boston College, Brandeis University, Emory University, Northwestern University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Notre Dame, and Washington University.
Issues & Trends
At Elite Colleges, No Room at the Dance for Low-Income Students
Chronicle for Higher Education (commentary)
Sept. 25, 2013
Every year countless high-achieving students from disadvantaged families flock to colleges that others might call their “safety schools.” The good news—they’ve reached college. The bad news—they are heading off to less-selective institutions than they are qualified to attend. The really bad news—that may increase the odds they will drop out. … The University of Virginia is the latest college to bail on low-income students, in essence telling underprivileged applicants to look but not touch. …
N.C. Central sets enrollment goals
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Sept. 25
Out of nearly 3,000 accepted applicants to N.C. Central’s new freshman class, only 946 enrolled this fall. At NCCU Board of Trustees meetings held Tuesday and Wednesday, board members and Chancellor Debra Saunders-White discussed strategies to increase enrollment by fall 2014, to include refocusing university-wide marketing efforts, making strategic visits to community colleges and contacting students who never complete their applications.
Talk of HBCU consolidation blasted
The Chronicle (Winston-Salem)
Sept. 25
A national report probes the problems that historically black colleges and universities face, as there is new talk in North Carolina of consolidating some of the state’s public HBCUs. In “Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Facing the Future,” Wilmington native Phillip Clay, a former chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), looks at the hurdles faced by schools and offers solutions to keep them relevant and sound in the 21st century. Ultimately, it is in everyone’s best interest that HBCUs thrive, said Clay, a trustee of the Michigan-based Kresge Foundation. … Clay is also a member of the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees. …