The UNC System’s top official on the accreditation project shared his thoughts on the Commission for Public Higher Education’s development and what’s in store for next year.
Korie Dean
Korie Dean is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she covered higher ed as part of the state government and politics team. She grew up in Efland and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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The Quad: Going Public
The UNC System could make all syllabi public. Plus, good news for Guilford College and a roundup of commencement speakers.
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UNC System Weighs Requiring Course Syllabi to be Public
Campuses have reached different conclusions about whether syllabi are public records. Now the UNC System wants to dictate that they are.
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Guilford College Off Probation, Retains Accreditation
After some financially rocky years, the college’s accrediting agency has lifted its probation. Leaders say they are ready to start growing again.
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The Quad: Merging Lanes
UNC-Chapel Hill is merging two schools. Plus, we check in on frozen funds at Duke and meet new faces in N.C. higher ed.
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Why UNC-CH Revived a Plan to Merge Library and Data Science
Many questions remain about UNC-Chapel Hill’s plan to merge the schools of Data Science and Society and Information and Library Science.
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The Quad: How UNC-CH Will Navigate an AI Future
UNC-CH leaders talk AI at our second Newsmakers event. Plus, more UNC System campuses join a new accreditor and military-affiliated students struggle to get benefits.
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UNC-CH’s Chancellor Thinks There’s an AI Bubble. Why It’s Still a Top Priority.
UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts and vice provosts for libraries and artificial intelligence spoke at The Assembly’s second Newsmakers event.
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Two More UNC System Campuses Join New Accreditor
Appalachian State and N.C. Central will be part of an initial cohort of 10 universities seeking accreditation with the Commission for Public Higher Education.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Vote to Raise In-State Tuition After All
It appeared administrators’ preferred plan to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 3 percent was dead. Then it rose again.