- Recent grads urge students to âEmbrace the WeirdnessâCHAPEL HILL â Three recent graduates of UNC System schools urge students to âEmbrace the Weirdnessâ and abide by community standard during the pandemic in a lively video produced as ...Read more
- Why bother with a search if outcome is decided?CHAPEL HILL â Why bother with a search if the outcome is predetermined? A proposed change in the rules for chancellor searches thatâs before the UNC Board of Governors would direct ...Read more
- Excerpts: Funding NC Public Education Through the PandemicRALEIGH (July 29, 2020) â 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 ...Read more
- BOG: Change to chancellor searches, no tuition refundsCHAPEL HILL (July 24, 2020) â The UNC System Board of Governors declared yesterday that there will be no refunds of student tuition and fees if university classes must shift ...Read more
- Hans: âOpportunity for all⌠all North CaroliniansâCHAPEL HILL (June 19, 2020) â 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 ...Read more
- Former CDC Director: âMaybe thatâs why Iâm hereâCHAPEL HILL â Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC Systemâs approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions ...Read more
- Roper: âPreparing for whatever scenario comesâCHAPEL HILL â It certainly doesnât 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 ...Read more
- UNC System works to make online betterCHAPEL HILL â UNC System officials know many students werenât happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing ...Read more
- UNC System freezes tuition for 2020-21CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) â The UNC Systemâs governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolinaâs 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition ...Read more
- BOG talks sanctions for rogue members; Fetzer resignsCHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) â After scandals involving trustees who tried to influence a student election and a member who conducted his own investigations of a job candidate and ...Read more