When UNC-Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam took the stage for his State of the Campus address earlier this month, he promised his staff two things: He wouldn’t curse, and he wouldn’t “go rogue.” Gilliam needed those guard rails, because his message wasn’t pretty. The university is facing some tough headwinds, he said. And, as he’s been saying all year, that will mean changes no one likes: budget reductions, cuts to classes and programs, and a tough look at the school’s future. Not all faculty members agree with that grim assessment — or the cuts and changes Gilliam is proposing through what he calls a data-driven, faculty-informed review in which everything could be considered.
