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http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/05/board-of-governors-eliminates-46-degree-programs-across-unc-systemThursday morning, the Board of Governors educational planning committee voted to discontinue 46 degree programs across the UNC-System, including one at UNC-Chapel Hill: human biology. The entire Board voted Friday to adopt the recommendations voted on by the committee Thursday.
Other schools lost more programs than UNC-CH. East Carolina University and UNC-Greensboro saw eight programs eliminated each.
Junius Gonzales, senior vice president for academic affairs for the UNC-System, led the review of program productivity, which refers to the number of degrees granted in programs annually.
Gonzales said the process was inexact and that it was essential to listen to the thoughts of campus-level officials. He said the frequency of education programs being classified as low productivity due to few majors was an example of a situation where the processes of the UNC system and the interests of the state did not always align.
Other schools lost more programs than UNC-CH. East Carolina University and UNC-Greensboro saw eight programs eliminated each.
Junius Gonzales, senior vice president for academic affairs for the UNC-System, led the review of program productivity, which refers to the number of degrees granted in programs annually.
Gonzales said the process was inexact and that it was essential to listen to the thoughts of campus-level officials. He said the frequency of education programs being classified as low productivity due to few majors was an example of a situation where the processes of the UNC system and the interests of the state did not always align.
Way to go, McCrony! Trash one of the crown jewels of your state, not to mention a huge force driving its economy!
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Board of Governors eliminates 46 degree programs across UNC system (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2015
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leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. Wow! Take a look at the list.
Won't be too many teachers coming out of NC.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Perhaps that is the idea.
s are more likely to vote repuke.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)3. They only train capitalists.
blm
(113,091 posts)4. UNC system was one of the US' finest - McCrory's fascist cronies want it destroyed
and they have been working towards that destruction every day for the last few years.
1939
(1,683 posts)5. Programs aren't being eliminated across the system
Duplicate programs without enough productivity are being eliminated. Enough schools in the system offer Secondary Education as a major that it can be eliminated at some schools. The UNC system still offers the degree program, but not necessarily at every school.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. But how many openings will they have?
Are they expanding the remaining programs? Remember, teacher education is among the foundations of public universities. Many began life as "normal schools".
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)6. Mathmatics and Human Biology are the top of that list.
Not the first time the far right has assaulted education.