UNC to balance access, quality
By Olivia Bowler | October 12While UNC-system leaders urge universities to raise their academic quality, some small schools worry this will conflict with the needs of the populations they serve.The mandate is less problematic for large universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill, but for smaller regionally based schools, raising admission standards could have the unintended result of excluding the students they are meant to serve.“We’re all about access,” said Alan Mabe, UNC-system vice president for academic affairs.“But unless access is translated into student success, it’s limited.”