- A modest ask of state legislators for 2021-22CHAPEL HILL (Nov. 19, 2020) – Anticipating a difficult budget year, the UNC System Board of Governors adopted budget and legislative priorities for 2021-22 today that reflect the core mission ...Read more
- Common course numbers to help transfer studentsCHAPEL HILL (Nov. 18, 2020) – Transfer students – from community colleges or from other UNC System schools – make up a growing percentage of UNC System students. Some 57,000, ...Read more
- UNC Board of Governors revises its ethics rulesCHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – After multiple episodes of micromanagement and rogue investigations by members of the UNC Board of Governors and campus trustees, the Board of Governors adopted ...Read more
- UNC System prepares for a difficult 2021-22CHAPEL HILL (Oct. 22, 2020) – North Carolina is navigating the treacherous financial waters of the coronavirus pandemic for now. But the UNC Board of Governors’ October meetings were permeated ...Read more
- BOG recognizes UNC Charlotte, UNCW professors with Holshouser AwardsCHAPEL HILL (October 22, 2020) – The UNC Board of Governors recognized professors from UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington today with the 2019 Governor James E. Holshouser Awards for Excellence in ...Read more
- Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check(Oct. 6, 2020) – Let’s hear it for the little guys. As several of the UNC System’s largest institutions were forced to quickly shift classes online as the coronavirus erupted on ...Read more
- Pro/Con: COVID testing before a return to campusBy Rachel L. Graham, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL – The return to campus this fall for undergraduates of the UNC System was not without questions – from students, faculty, staff, support personnel, ...Read more
- Chancellor searches: Deepening or thinning the applicant pool?CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 17, 2020) – The UNC System Board of Governors voted Thursday to give UNC President Peter Hans new power to weigh in on choices of chancellors for ...Read more
- Don’t short-circuit chancellor searches(Sept. 16, 2020) – The President of the UNC System should be able to recommend candidates for chancellor at the System’s 17 institutions. But the President should not be able ...Read more
- Special needs for higher ed in a pandemicRALEIGH (Sept. 2, 2020) – If the last three weeks tell us anything about higher education amid a pandemic, it’s that institutions must be nimble. UNC Chapel Hill, NC State and ...Read more