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New developments released in affirmative action lawsuit against UNC

By Leah Asmelash | January 18

The group claims UNC considers race as a dominant factor and has not considered enough “race-neutral” alternatives.

UNC announces $20 million scholarship for middle-income families

By Preston Lennon | October 12

"For every low-income student eligible for the Carolina Covenant, there are two middle-income students supported by other forms of institutionally funded ...

Carolina Firsts aspires for a sense of community

By Maydha Devarajan | October 8

Viviana Gonzalez is one of 18,862 undergraduate students at UNC. However, according to the Office of Undergraduate Retention, Gonzalez is one of 4,000 ...

International students needed more from UNC

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | August 22

International students need a lot of help to get from home to UNC, but many of them said the University misses the mark. Everything that confuses the ...

UNC collaborates with American Talent Initiative to make college more affordable

By Veronica Correa | April 26

The American Talent Initiative is collaborating with universities across the country—including UNC—to make their institutions more accessible for ...

The competition for admission is heating up among state colleges, UNC-CH included

By Michael Meeks | April 18

Public university systems in states like California and North Carolina are rejecting students that would have been accepted in prior years.

'It's traumatizing ... to be in these spaces:' Black students adjust to whiteness of UNC

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | February 28

At a University where only 37.6 percent of students are people of color, and only 7.8 percent self-identify as Black or African-American only, it is common ...

APLU has a plan to increase graduation rates

By Michael Meeks | February 28

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities is introducing a new project designed to encourage institutional cooperation and increase college ...

UNC admissions sees largest number of applicants yet

By Mark Burnett | February 4

UNC has seen a 6 percent increase in applications since last year, a number that's been rising since 2005.

Word On The Street: What are potential new Tar Heels looking forward to most?

By Kayla Boswell | February 1

Every January UNC welcomes a new group of first-years into the Tar Heel community. Recently UNC released its early admissions decisions. Staff writer ...

Out-of-state students may face difficulty in affording UNC

By Kate Karstens | January 23

Of the 30,000 out-of-state residents who applied to UNC this year, only a handful will be granted admission, and even fewer will be offered a financial ...

Selective universities accepting fewer low-income students, study finds

By Blake Weaver | November 6

A new report by New America has found that colleges are accepting fewer low-income students than they were 20 years ago.

Brown University plans to eliminate student loans with new initiative

By Emily Davis | September 24

Brown University launched a campaign Wednesday to eliminate loans from its financial aid packages for all current and incoming students in the next academic ...

Over 30 years later, minorities underrepresented at top US universities

By Emily Davis | September 19

Minority representation in the nation’s top universities has declined in the last 35 years despite affirmative action, according to a New York Times ...

Why does the fight for affirmative action continue?

By Becca Heilman | August 21

Affirmative action admissions programs at universities across the country may be in jeopardy in light of a recent memo by the Donald Trump administration. ...

Project jumpstarts refugees' college aspirations

By Leah Asmelash | August 21

When senior Riley Foster first started tutoring young refugee students, she assumed she was being encouraging and reaffirming of their abilities. But ...

UNC receives million dollar prize

By Nic Rardin | June 20

UNC has been chosen to receive the Cooke Prize for Equity in Educational Access and will receive $1 million from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

UNC: Rich in diversity or just plain rich?

By Brinley Lowe | June 13

The breakdown of UNC’s incoming class doesn’t vary much year to year. The percentage of out-of-state students always hovers at around 18 percent—where ...

Sophie Niu, a junior international student from Shenzhen, China, is the president of Chinese Students and Scholars.

UNC sees record applications from international students

By Leah Asmelash | April 21

The University has experienced the highest number of international applications ever, despite the executive orders out of the White House and perceived ...

New call center aims to welcome all new admitted UNC students

By Cy Neff | March 6

The UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions began a new outreach program this year which aims to call admitted incoming first-years, with the goal of giving ...