The Carolinian [October 9, 1997]

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Issue 14,
Volume 77
Globalization presents challenges for university system
Sniff Reports
The institutions of The University of
North Carolina must be ready to meet
the changes that globalization is causing
in America as the system moves toward
the 21 st century. President Molly Corbett
Broad said here on Monday (Oct. 6).
"The challenge before this country to-day—
indeed, already at our very door-step—
is globalization.'* said Broad.
"We now live in an American society
that cannot sustain itself or prosper with-out
an exceptionally well-educated
workforce.
"In the increasingly knowledge-based
economy, the sorts of high-wage, low-skill
jobs that our parents and grandpar-ents
could attain, will not be available
for the students of UNCG today and to-morrow."
Broad, who succeeded CD. Spangler
Jr. as president of the UNC system in
July, was the featured speaker at the
Founders Day Convocation.
In her address. Broad read a quotation
by management theorist Peter Drucker
which said "The only comparative ad-vantage
of the developed countries is in
the supply of knowledge workers. ...
Knowledge constantly makes itself ob-solete,
with the result that today's knowl-edge
is tomorrow's ignorance."
"As a university we are presented with
an intensely important assignment and a
profoundly daunting challenge. Thus,
our success as a nation in meeting this
challenge will depend largely on the abil-ity
of higher education to do what insti-tutions
such as UNCG have done so well
in the past—to redefine itself, to adapt
to change, to adapt the way that you do
business in response to new social and
economic forces."
Among the challenges of globaliza-tion.
Broad said that a different set of
circumstances will determine how uni-versities
must operate in the future.
To be successful, institutions must
become interdependent while seeking to
maintain unique, diverse identities, she
said.
Increased reliance on technology will
promote greater interdependence in so-ciety,
she said. Collaboration among in-stitutions
will become widespread and
necessary. At the same time, institutions
need to retain their independence and
differences.
"But the more we become part of a
large, often faceless global society, the
more we fear losing our individuality and
the richness that is associate 1 with a civi-lization
that is diverse." said Broad. "The
innate need for diversity promulgates
new. different and often opposing val-ues
and visions. It is an interesting inter-action
between these two."
To be successful in the coming global
era. Broad said that institutions such as
UNCG must learn to work together in
fostering a sense of community, both on
campus and in society.
Administrators and faculty, she said,
will need to find common traits and goals
among groups that are fundamentally dif-ferent.
"We must join our visions to the
dreams of others by connecting and com-bining
rather than dividing and conquer-ing."
she said. "We must strive to over-come
mutual problems rather than to
defeat common enemies. And we must
bring together diverse cadres of leaders
and constituents to achieve common pur-poses."
There were two main buildings on a
10-acre plot of land. Students could ma-jor
in three areas.
As Founders Day speaker. Broad
noted that UNCG now has an enrollment
of more than 12.(MM) students.
The campus is approximately 200
acres and has more than 70 buildings.
Academic degrees are offered at the un-dergraduate
level in more than I (X) ar-eas
of study, at the master's level in 64
areas, and at the doctoral level in 13 ar-eas.
In her three months at the UNC sys-tem
helm. Broad said she has worked at
learning the distinctive character of each
of the 16 campuses.
"In my short time asyouf president. I
have found a surprising depth and
breadth of strength in this University."
said Broad.
"The 16 campuses—which vary
widely in their mission, their size and
their history—truly represent a whole
that is greater than the sum of its parts. It
is my strong philosophy that the more
each campus of The University of North
Carolina is distinctive from the others—
differentiated in mission, geography,
constituencies and service'—the stronger
will be the entire Universitv and the more
effectively we will be able to serve the
citizens of North Carolina."
Of UNCG. she said "From its incep-tion
more than a century ago, this insti-tution
has demonstrated an ability to
adapt to meet the changing needs of so-ciety
and the state. While your contribu-tions
to teacher education remain sub-stantial
and strategically important to our
state, your curriculum has expanded far
beyond that noble if narrow mission.
"You have endured the changing for-tunes
of the economy, both of the nation
and the state. And you have opened your
doors to students of both genders and all
races.
All the while, you have contributed to
the social cohesiveness of the state and
the Triad region and yet you have never
forgotten these wonderful historic
strengths and your cultural ties to the
community."
Diana lollins/THF CAROLINIAN
Pat Sullivan. UNCG Chacellor, Molly Corbet! Broad and a UNCG Alumni
place a wreath at the base of the Mclver statue on Founder's Day.
Campus fund raisers
now travel,credit cards
Paula Nelson
News Editor
There is a new wave of fundraising on
the UNCG campus. Gone are the days
when organizations sponsored tourna-ments
and social events, and sold $10 T-shirts.
Now the hot new commodities are
travel and credit cards.
At least once a month tables in the
EUC are staffed by groups promoting
student credit cards.
Even the advertising section of this
newspaper is full of "get rich quick" op-portunities
for student groups, most in-volving
group travel sales.
But buyer beware. As evidenced by a
group of UNCG students who spent a
large part of their Spring Break in the
airport instead of on the beach because
of low-quality arrangements, these low
rates and good causes may not be all they
are cracked up to be.
Credit card debt is a growing concern
in this country. According to a Sept. 11
article in USA Today, about 16 percent
of all consumer purchases in the United
States are made with credit cards.
This use has led to a total consumer
debt that exceeds one trillion dollars, and
this debt is paving the way for more and
more personal bankruptcies.
College students are a relatively new
target market for credit cards, but they
may be a perfect group to which to sell.
At UNCG it is safe to assume that most
of the students applying for the credit
card offers are Freshmen and Sopho-mores.
Most of these students do not work or
work less than 20 hours per week. The
need for money or a "buy now. pay later"
plan is obvious. And the buying part is
easy, but what happens when "later" ar-rives?
In a recent Marketing class, the in-structor
discussed a discount option
available to credit-card bill-payers.
Most credit cards do not charge a fi-nance
charge or interest if the cardholder
pays his or her balance in full. It's a com-monly-
known fact.
Judging from the knowing looks
shared throughout the classroom, how-ever,
it's also a commonly-known fact
that most students cannot nearly afford
to pay off their entire balance.
Sometimes it is even hard to make the
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Dan Collier talks with Lynnc Rich about job opportunities available
at AT&T. Nintey-eight companies were represented at yesterday's Job
Fair.
Students Against Driving Drunk...
Courtesy Photo
SADD is a newly formed organization on campus that meets every
Tuesday night.
minimum payment.
But. as one student observed. "If you
pay the minimum payment, the best you
can hope to do is cover the interest you
accrued since your last payment."
According to a USA Today survey,
today's consumers under the age of 30
are more likely to carry a credit-card
balance and to be worried about the
amount of debt thev are carrying.
"It's a two-edged sword." says Robert
McKinley. president of RAM Research,
a credit card research firm in Maryland.
"Credit cards can give college students
a leg-up if they graduate with excellent
credit.
Employers look at credit records for
character assessment. But if young
people can't handle the debt, then thev
have less than a running start."
Terry Sanford given Mclver Award
Staff Reports
Terry Sanford. who has served North
Carolina as governor. U.S. senator and
as president of Duke University, on Sun-day.
Oct. 5, was awarded the Charles
Duncan Mclver Medal.
The Mclver Medal recognizes North
Carolinians who have rendered distin-guished
public service to the state or na-tion.
The bronze medal bears the like-ness
of Charles Duncan Mclver. the
founding president UNCG.
In his acceptance remarks. Sanford
praised the work of Charles Duncan
Mclver in leading the way to found the
State Normal and Industrial School, now ',
UNCG. ""I've always associated myself j
with Mclver and that makes this award
all the more meaningful, he said"
In closing. Sanford said Mclver "ought
to be honored, ought to always be hon-ored
because of the progress that he has
made possible by his own actions and
by the example of those actions. ... So I
salute Charles Mclver and I greatly value
this honor from this great institution in
his name."
Greensboro area code to
change this December
The area code for UNCG and the
Greensbor area will change in Decem-ber.
Effective december 15. 1997. the
area code for the University and the im-mediate
Triad Area will be (336).
There will be a six-month grace pe-riod
during which both area codes will
work, after the six-month period the new
area code must be used .
Advisory chair, vice chair
named for Bryan School
Dennis R. Glass, a senior executive
with Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, is serv-ing
as chair of the business advisory
board of the Joseph M. Bryan School of
Business and Economics
Glass is the executive vice president,
chief financial officer and treasurer of
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation and
Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company.
He is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, where he also received his
Master of Business Administration de-gree.
Jeffrey S. Taylor, president of
Wendover Financial Sen ices Corpora-tion,
will serve as vice chair of the advi-sory
board. Taylor is a graduate of the
University of Nebraska.
The board now has 33 members.
Formed in 1986. the advisory board has
five general purposes: provide advice on
the school's service to the business and
professional community;serve as a
sounding board for research projects,
educational programs and external ac-tivities:
provide a mechanism for inform-ing
the business and professional com-munity
about the capabilities of the
school: assist in developing funding pri-orities
and strategies for the school: pro-v
ide a clearinghouse for faculty to speak
and consult w ith organizations, and for
professional and business community
members to enter the classroom.