The Tar Heel reports that the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina is asking for input on the possibility of deferred recruitment.
Story is at:
http://www.dailytarheel.com/vnews/di.../4045e4a96bec6
Concerns mentioned include parental complaints about time-consuming -- and apparently unnecessary -- activites required of new members.
Deferred recruitment seems to be a hot topic whenever it comes up, with people tending to be very pro or very con, so I thought this might be of interest. As I recall, deferred recruitment is also being considered at Michigan - Ann Arbor.
The member of the Board of Trustees who is asking for input and discussion of deferred recruitment -- Russell Carter -- does not appear to be a totally-out-of-left-field guy. Biographical info on the Internet indicates that he, his father, and his son are all Chapel Hill alums, with strong ties to the university (for example, they gave a Pulitzer Prize that his family's newspaper won back in 1952 to UNC to be put on display in the journalism school).
If prominent or fairly prominent trustees are hearing complaints from parents, and if, as an IFC rep mentions in the article, some of the GLOs at Chapel Hill have either minor or major problems ... maybe it is time for thoughtful discussion of possible changes.
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