The summary below highlights selected actions taken by the UNC Board of Governors during the September meeting.
For a full account of board proceedings and meeting materials, please check the board meeting archive.
Read President Spellings’ September Report to the Board of Governors.
Strategic Policy Discussion
The Thursday morning policy session focused on the two major strategic themes – trends in access and student success, and insight from performance based funding. Board members, chancellors, staff, and others heard a presentation by Andrew Kelly, UNC Senior Vice President for Strategy and Policy, on trends in access and student success in North Carolina. Matthew Pellish, Senior Director of Strategic Research and Education at the Education Advisory Board in Washington, D.C., then shared data and some lessons learned from performance-based funding in other states.
Video archives of the presentations and PowerPoint slides are available.
Presentations:
Trends in Access and Student Success: Andrew Kelly, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Policy, Video archive: Andrew Kelly Presentation
EAB - Insight from Performance-Based Funding: Matthew Pellish, Senior Director of Strategic Research and Education, Education Advisory Board (EAB), Video archive: Matthew Pellish Presentation
All Board standing committees continued discussion of their assigned strategic themes (economic impact; excellent and diverse institutions; access; student success; affordability and efficiency).
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Video archive of Thursday's meeting: Strategic Priorities Discussion: Access, Student Success, and Performance Funding
Video archive of Friday's full meeting: September 9, 2016 meeting
Degree Programs
Upon request by the individual institutions, the UNC Board of Governors approved:
The establishment of the following programs:
North Carolina State - Doctor of Design (D.Des.)
UNC-Chapel Hill - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Health Informatics
The discontinuation of the following programs at North Carolina Central University:
Master of Arts (MA) in English, Secondary Education
Master of Science (MS) in Mathematics, Secondary Education
Master of Science (MS) in Chemistry, Secondary Education
Master of Arts (MA) in History, Secondary Education
About the UNC Board of Governors
The UNC Board of Governors is the policy-making body charged with “the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance” of the University of North Carolina. Its 32 voting members are elected by the NC General Assembly for four-year terms. The Board of Governors has a dual role—maintaining the overall strength of the UNC system, while also addressing individual campus needs.
