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The University Gazette
January 2012
November 2011
September 2011
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July 2011
- With budget cuts, Carolina to feel ‘measurable damage’ campus-wide
- Carolina budget cuts offset in part by UNC Health Care transfer
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
- Leaders fear long-term effects of House subcommittee proposal on higher education
- Budget has profound impact on higher education in N.C.
- FPG Child Care Center to close July 2013 due to budget constraints
March 2011
February 2011
- Classroom instruction feels the effect of budget cuts
- BOG approves tuition and fee increases
- SPA layoff policy outlined by OHR
- Providing a high-quality education remains top priority
January 2011
- Strauss agrees to lead UNC Global on permanent basis
- Budget constraints force Carolina Kids Camp to close
- Reductions, hiring freeze on state-funded positions needed
- Carolina Counts instrumental in budget process
December 2010
August 2010
- Budget Committee reduces cuts to campus units by $3 million
- Tuition increase needed to protect quality of education
- State budget eases backlog of professorships
July 2010
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November 2009
October 2009
August 2009
- N.C. legislators’ commitment to higher education evident in budget
- Thorp says UNC can handle state’s 5 percent holdback
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
- House budget could call for 11% cuts to UNC system
- Faculty and staff take salary cut of 0.5% this fiscal year
April 2009
- Spending freeze on all state funds retroactive to April 9
- University to take 5 percent cuts in next year’s budget
March 2009
- Perdue transfers money into the state's general fund
- Forum discusses furloughs as one option for saving jobs
- Community meeting focuses on budget situation, layoff policy
- Thorp creates fund to help employees during hard times
- Budget challenges: Looking for solutions
- Community meeting focuses on budget situation, University layoff policy
February 2009
Carolina Counts
Carolina Counts is the University-wide initiative to improve the efficiency of campus operations and reduce administrative costs, based on the key recommendations from the 2009 Bain & Company study.
It plays a key role in the University's budget strategy by serving as a roadmap for wisely implementing necessary budget reductions.
In 2010, Carolina Counts began focusing on 10 areas identified by Bain for major improvements. The first year focused on three central units: information technology, finance and human resources. The second year focused on the unit level - the professional schools and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as seven central units. As of January 2012, the University had completed more than 93 of the 154 projects identified. Savings indentified and implemented from permanent state dollars total about $50 million.