Reading the headlines about the future of higher education, you have no doubt seen several oft-repeated themes. Among them are the use of more technology and a focus on a degree’s ROI in relation to workplace needs. Pundits also emphasize the importance of helping students develop the skills of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and global fluency. These skills are frequently...
Walking across campus when class periods are changing gives visitors and members of the UNC Charlotte community a first-hand glimpse of the diversity of our student body. While providing access to a diverse student population has been part of our institutional mission for many years, I would like to share some of our recent work to ensure that we are also an inclusive community and provide...
In a recent New York Times bestseller, author Daniel H. Pink proposes that timing can make or break us and offers evidence for harnessing the power of beginnings, endings, and even mid-points. Pink’s book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing offers some useful thinking about our approach to student success.
ADAPTING – this is a fitting word for the work in Academic Affairs. It defines part of our mission as an urban research university. As an integral part of North Carolina’s largest city, we are committed to the needs of our ever-changing region and state.
DIGITAL LEARNING