North Carolina offers its residents some great sports bargains. This year NC fans could buy Carolina Panthers football season tickets for as little as $390, Charlotte Bobcats basketball season tickets for as little as $344, or Carolina Hurricanes hockey season tickets for as little as $516. Granted, these bargain prices only cover the teams' nose-bleed seats, but a bargain is a bargain--and nobody is forced to buy a pro sports ticket.
The same can't be said of NC's collegiate sports, including at my own institution, where students are offered quite a different bargain.
As part of the cost of attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, each full-time undergraduate and graduate student is compelled to pay an annual athletic fee of $622. For in-state undergrads, the mandatory athletic fee accounts for 10 percent of the total tuition and fees charged by UNCG. Students have no choice in the matter--if they want to pursue an education at UNCG, the $622 annual athletics charge is added to the price of admission.
UNCG's mandatory athletic fee has grown at a brisk clip of 7.1% per year over the last six years--a rate that's nearly four times the growth of inflation. The University has jacked up the fee despite a recession that has hurt students' ability to pay for college, even faster growth in tuition and other fees that have raised the cost of schooling, and crushing loads of student debt that leave graduates struggling to make ends meet long after they've left the campus.
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Replacing Dave
The Triad Business Journal offers great advice to any organization looking to replace a departing Dave.
It’s Tuesday afternoon and Dave ... walks into your office with an envelope in his hand. You think, “Uh oh, he’s resigning.”It's also great advice for any organization looking to replace a departing Pete, departing Joe, departing Chris, departing Chuck, or departing Geetha.
He indeed resigns, and the moment he leaves you grab the phone to call HR.
...if you want to find the best possible person for your open job, stop thinking about what you want, and start thinking about what that ideal candidate wants.
When top performers change jobs, they want a position that offers something they don’t already have on their resume – something that takes their career into a new, unfamiliar realm. Maybe your ideal candidate wants to work on a larger scale, supervise a larger team, or master a new skill. Maybe she wants the prestige of working for your organization, or the pleasure of being a bigger fish in your smaller pond.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
UNCG staff and faculty are leaders in charitable contributions
An editorial in this morning's News-Record reminded folks that they should take pride in our local universities.
As a university (and state) employee, it's gratifying to read nice things about the schools, though (at the risk of seeming ungrateful) I wish the editorial would have mentioned one more thing.
Each year, the staff and faculty throughout the UNC system also contribute directly to their communities in another way, through the North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign (NCSECC). The contributions to the NCSECC benefit more than 1,000 charitable organizations across the state.
The NCSECC reports that for its 2011 campaign UNCG led all state universities in participation and per-employee giving. Nearly half (49 percent) of UNCG employees participated in the campaign, and the total amount contributed was $242,774. The staff and faculty at NC A&T also were very generous, contributing at rates that were higher than the state and UNC system average.
The NCSECC provides only a partial picture of state and university employees' contributions. Employees also make financial contributions outside the NCSECC and volunteer their time and energy to local organizations.
However, for this one measure, UNCG has earned some bragging rights over some tough competition. I'm very proud of my colleagues.
For one day, everyone associated with the University of North Carolina should wear the school colors.The editorial goes on to tout the universities' teaching, research, and economic contributions.
Not to show support for a basketball team, but to demonstrate UNC’s reach and impact.
As a university (and state) employee, it's gratifying to read nice things about the schools, though (at the risk of seeming ungrateful) I wish the editorial would have mentioned one more thing.
Each year, the staff and faculty throughout the UNC system also contribute directly to their communities in another way, through the North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign (NCSECC). The contributions to the NCSECC benefit more than 1,000 charitable organizations across the state.
The NCSECC reports that for its 2011 campaign UNCG led all state universities in participation and per-employee giving. Nearly half (49 percent) of UNCG employees participated in the campaign, and the total amount contributed was $242,774. The staff and faculty at NC A&T also were very generous, contributing at rates that were higher than the state and UNC system average.
The NCSECC provides only a partial picture of state and university employees' contributions. Employees also make financial contributions outside the NCSECC and volunteer their time and energy to local organizations.
However, for this one measure, UNCG has earned some bragging rights over some tough competition. I'm very proud of my colleagues.
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