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Joint School of Nanoscience
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| In 2006 University of North Carolina
the legal
name of the unelected NC Board of Governors (BOG) - with statutory
supervision of the 16 constituent public universities in the UNC-System
leased an alleged NC A&T/UNCG Joint Millennial
Campus to Gateway Research Park, Inc., a private corporation. |
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| UNCG didn't submit a Proposal to Establish a Stand-alone PhD
in Nanoscience. |
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Gateway Research Park maybe iconic of the
necessity of the Occupy
Raleigh Movement. In 2009 when an
estimated 5000 teachers lost their jobs,
unemployment at an all time high and
food banks at an all-time low, the NC
General Assembly appropriated $ 54
Million taxpayer dollars to build
a Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering Research Building owned
by Gateway Research Park a private
corporation. |
HBU
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) and
HWWU University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) submitted Joint NCAT/UNCG
Requests to Establish Masters (date 01.29.09) and Ph.D. (date
12.15.08) interdisciplinary Nanoscience degrees pursuant a JSNN
Management Agreement ( March 03, 2008) a formal agreement to
offer a program of study required by UNC policy for
interdisciplinary degrees, Regulations for Academic Program Planning
and Evaluation which called for joint Nanoscience degrees. The
Erskine Bowles- UNC-General Administration (UNC-GA) referencing a
document titled Joint Program Reporting |
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Requirements
dated 12/1/08
informed NCA&T and the UNCG the original Memorandum Agreement between
the two institutions...is contrary to methods now recommended by
General Administration. As such, the Memorandum (Management
Agreement) from March 3, 2008 needs to be revised, updated, and reapproved,
tabling without consideration by BOG NCAT/UNCG Request’s to Establish
Joint Masters (dated 01.29.09) and PhD (dated 12.15.08)
interdisciplinary Nanoscience degrees. The UNC-BOG subsequently
authorized stand alone Masters ( dated Nov. 2009) and PhD ( dated Jan.
2010) interdisciplinary Nanoscience degrees at UNC-G
non-compliant with UNC Guidelines for Academic Program Development and
Regulations for Academic Program Planning and Evaluation pertaining to
Interdisciplinary Degree programs which says “ If more than one
campus is involved in offering the program it would also be a joint
degree.” based on a UNC-GA revised, updated, and reapproved
Amended and Restated Management Agreement ( April 24, 2008) which
said UNCG would offer Nanoscience degrees and NCA&T would offer
Nanoengineering degrees. The M.S. and Ph,D. degree
authorizations were based on an unsigned alleged UNCG
revised request” to establish a Professional Masters in Nanoscience
created and submitted by Dr. James Ryan, an UNCG & NC A&T employee who
may have acted outside the scope of his employment, to Dr.
James Sadler Associate Vice President for Academic Planning (GA)
that was placed in the discipline file. Summaries from the Rynan
document was taken to BOG by the Bowles-UNC-GA. with recommendations to
establish at UNCG stand -alone M.S. and Ph.D. in Nanoscience,
non-compliant with UNC Policy. Repeated request to UNCG to responded to
whether Dean Ryan was acting with-in the scope of his employment in the
creation and submission of document to Dr. Sadler have not been
responded to. |
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In May 2007 the University of North Carolina Board of Governors (BOG)
approved a NCAT/UNCG Request to Establish the Joint School of
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in-which North Carolina A&T (NC
A&T) and University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNC-G) would offer
joint degrees in M.S. and PhD degrees in Nanoscience. The expressed
JSNN mission statement was:
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The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering will be a unique,
interdisciplinary school, located at the South Campus of the Gateway
University Research Park.
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To offer joint MS and PhD degrees in three academic areas of
concentration, Nanobioscience, Nanobiotechnology and Environmental
Nanoscience.
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Each of the universities would be given credit for the number of
graduate degrees awarded.
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The joint Ph.D. program in Nanoscience would be submitted for approval
following UNC System established procedures. |
| Dr. Priscilla P. Taylor said
“The request for master’s and doctoral degree programs will follow the
ordinary approval process and will be separately considered by the
committee.” - Chairwoman UNC-BOG COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL PLANNING,
POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS. It didn't happen.
Un-ambitious is the fact that the UNCG PhD Nanoscience authorization
“based on the revised request submitted” wasn’t pursuant UNC Guidelines for Academic Program Development
subsection (B) and Regulations for Academic Program Planning and
Evaluation Interdisciplinary degrees. Nor following the ordinary
approval process and separately considered by the committee as suggested
by Dr. Priscilla P. Taylor.
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