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How can Carolina expand without undermining equality?
by Nelson Schwab III
Chair, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Search Committee
Member, UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees
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One pressing issue faces the College of Arts and Sciences and the
University—growth. Over the next five to ten years, the state of North
Carolina will grow significantly, and the University will be asked to
do so as well. Nelson Schwab III, Board of Trustees member and
Chair of the UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Search Committee, offers his
perspective on how to grow without undermining the quality of UNC
higher education.
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Meeting the challenges of academic leadership
today
By Holden Thorp, Dean, College of Arts and
Sciences
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The acceleration of information transfer, globalization and the loss of
the U.S. manufacturing economy have dramatically raised the anxiety
level among students, parents and folks who watch universities.
Competition for star faculty and students is tight. It all adds up to
stressed-
out academic leaders. Holden Thorp, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences and IAH Fellow, offers his perspective on
how to meet those challenges.