State seal outside the NC General Assembly. (Photo by Clayton Henkel)
Final program cuts announced at UNC Greensboro
The statue of UNCG founder Charles Duncan McIver outside the Jackson Library on the university’s Greensboro campus. (Photo: Joe Killian)
By Joe Killian
List includes 20 programs, one of which will transition to a new department
UNC Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam publicly announced his final decisions on controversial program cuts at the university Thursday. The final list hews closely to the original list of 20 programs the university says its deans and provost recommended stop accepting new students “as they prepare to wind down in the coming years.” [ Rea d more …]
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Proposed UNC System policy would set new requirements for instruction in US history and government
The Young People’s History of North Carolina” by D.H. Hill details the state’s early days. Members of the UNC System Board of Governors would like to see the N.C. Constitution become part of a new history and government requirement for students at UNC System universities. (Photo: Clayton Henkel)