2016 CONFERENCE IN CHAPEL HILL FOCUSED ON ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY

A stellar panel of experts from UNC General Administration and the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities launched the one-day 2016 conference on “Access and Affordability: The Role of Summer Sessions.” Among the panel’s topics were the UNC System’s new strategic plan and the challenges of private institutions in offering robust summer sessions. Members attending welcomed the information shared.

That panel was followed by “Quirks in Setting Tuition,” where NCASS leaders and members discussed how to keep tuition affordable and the impact of the fixed tuition that will take effect at three System schools for academic year tuition in fall 2018. Attendees shared best practices for summer 2016 and elected officers.

In 2016 the N.C. Association of Summer Sessions moved its annual meeting from the summer to December, and membership agreed the later time worked better for summer session staff schedules. The 2016 conference took place at the Rizzo Center near the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.