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"The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close. These centers are the first of 14 total UNC centers and institutes to be cut. UNC Media Relations wrote in a statement to The Daily Tar Heel that “some programs have been identified to be sunset in 2026,” with additional cuts still to be finalized.
The six area studies centers have operated at UNC since the early '90s and 2000s. UNC's Burton Craige professor of political science Gary Marks co-founded the Center for European Studies in 1994 and served as its director until 2006.
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...they are slated for permanent closure following the loss of their Title VI funding, and that the decision came as the North Carolina legislature is engaged in cutting budgets for centers and institutes across the UNC System.
“The recommendation to close these Centers came out of deliberations led by UNC’s CFO, Nate Knuffman,” Lothspeich wrote. “Dean White and Senior Associate Dean Noreen McDonald stressed that the closure process would take time, and many issues are still to be sorted through.”
Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million, according to Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman’s presentation at the September Board of Trustees’ Budget, Finance and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
But at the November BOT Budget, Finance and Infrastructure Committee meeting, Knuffman said the University now plans to reduce $7 million in spending over the next several years, with approximately $3 million forecasted in near-term savings.
These increased cuts, he said, would be accomplished through decommissioning 14 centers and institutes total.
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Knuffman’s November presentation stated that evaluations included considering a center’s return on investment, how its mission and history align with the chancellor’s priorities, its research, service and instructional outputs, its “metrics of success” and considerations about units with special BOT, legislative or public interest priorities.
“We often know, sometimes, there's a storied history with several of these and we have to be mindful of that when we think about what might be possible here,” he said at the November meeting.
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“I think you're talking about literally hundreds of faculty who are going to be affected by this,” Marks said. “The centers are a real core element of the institutional structure of the University. It's like saying, ‘Look, I can't afford to have two hands, so I'm gonna have to cut one off.’”
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"The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close. These centers are the first of 14 total UNC centers and institutes to be cut. UNC Media Relations wrote in a statement to The Daily Tar Heel that “some programs have been identified to be sunset in 2026,” with additional cuts still to be finalized.
The six area studies centers have operated at UNC since the early '90s and 2000s. UNC's Burton Craige professor of political science Gary Marks co-founded the Center for European Studies in 1994 and served as its director until 2006.
.....
...they are slated for permanent closure following the loss of their Title VI funding, and that the decision came as the North Carolina legislature is engaged in cutting budgets for centers and institutes across the UNC System.
“The recommendation to close these Centers came out of deliberations led by UNC’s CFO, Nate Knuffman,” Lothspeich wrote. “Dean White and Senior Associate Dean Noreen McDonald stressed that the closure process would take time, and many issues are still to be sorted through.”
Changes to centers and institutes were initially projected to save $4.8 million, according to Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman’s presentation at the September Board of Trustees’ Budget, Finance and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
But at the November BOT Budget, Finance and Infrastructure Committee meeting, Knuffman said the University now plans to reduce $7 million in spending over the next several years, with approximately $3 million forecasted in near-term savings.
These increased cuts, he said, would be accomplished through decommissioning 14 centers and institutes total.
.....
Knuffman’s November presentation stated that evaluations included considering a center’s return on investment, how its mission and history align with the chancellor’s priorities, its research, service and instructional outputs, its “metrics of success” and considerations about units with special BOT, legislative or public interest priorities.
“We often know, sometimes, there's a storied history with several of these and we have to be mindful of that when we think about what might be possible here,” he said at the November meeting.
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“I think you're talking about literally hundreds of faculty who are going to be affected by this,” Marks said. “The centers are a real core element of the institutional structure of the University. It's like saying, ‘Look, I can't afford to have two hands, so I'm gonna have to cut one off.’”
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