CHAPEL HILL – Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches that’s before the UNC Board of Governors would direct ...

RALEIGH (July 29, 2020) – Funding for public education in North Carolina can be uncertain even in good times. Now try it in the midst of a global pandemic. In the following ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 24, 2020) – The UNC System Board of Governors declared yesterday that there will be no refunds of student tuition and fees if university classes must shift ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 19, 2020) – Peter Hans is just 50 years old. But he has already spent decades preparing for his new job as President of the 17-campus University ...

CHAPEL HILL – Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC System’s approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions ...

CHAPEL HILL – It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as president of your university during a global pandemic. In a series ...

CHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing ...

CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – The UNC System’s governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolina’s 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition ...

CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – After scandals involving trustees who tried to influence a student election and a member who conducted his own investigations of a job candidate and ...

CHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey doesn’t shy away from discussing the challenges facing the University of North Carolina System. “There are a lot of challenges facing the System,” the Chair of ...