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EDUCATION
Two North Carolina public universities may see academic degree cuts soon after board vote
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two of North Carolina’s public universities will be allowed to eliminate more than a dozen degree programs ranging from ancient Mediterranean studies to physics after the university system’s governing board voted Wednesday to authorize the cuts. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ vote comes after requests from chancellors at UNC Asheville and UNC Greensboro to slash multiple academic degree programs from their university despite pushback from faculty who wanted to find alternate paths forward for programs. An affirmative vote means the chancellors can now move ahead with the program cuts, which may also mean removing tenured faculty, UNC System senior vice president of academic affairs David English said. The chancellors’ decisions would eliminate certain degrees, but individual courses from those programs can still be offered to students pursuing other majors. The cuts go into effect for the upcoming academic year.
An unfinished state budget creates operating pains for the UNC System
This is typically the time of year when the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors would be reviewing the new state budget, assessing legislative gains, and looking ahead to when students return to campus in August. But budget talks in the House and Senate broke down in June. While the House approved a $31.7 […]
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