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Senior Biology major Rachael Purvis and Chancellor Carol Folt were  interviewed Friday afternoon regarding the "Before I Die..." art  installment located near the Pit.

With Folt gone, how has Campaign for Carolina progressed?

By Cynthia Dong | April 9

With Chancellor Carol Folt gone, her endeavor, the Campaign for Carolina, continues on. The initiative has outpaced its goal by raising $2.51 billion ...

Here's how education reforms from the White House might impact you

By cailey howard | March 25

The proposal attempts to reform the Higher Education Act, which is overdue for an update, but this has significant implications for financial aid long ...

$30 million in scholarships are available annually for enrolled UNC students

By Praveena Somasundaram | February 7

UNC offers a wide variety of scholarships that you can apply for, and they aren't all strictly for tuition.

Will the federal government shutdown impact UNC?

By Taylor Buck | January 9

Although the recent government shutdown is predicted to have minimal impact on UNC, problems could still arise.

Here's what upward mobility looks like in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area

By Michael Taffe | November 1

The Center for Economic Studies released a report last month studying the economic development that people go through from their childhood to their 30s. ...

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 ...

Feeling lucky? About 2 percent of qualified applicants are forgiven of federal student loans

By Sofia Lesnewski | October 4

Student loans don't have to equal a lifetime of debt — so long as you work in the public sector, make 120 months of consistent payments on your loans ...

'College was not even an option': UNC system promises a more affordable future

By Evelyn Gandy | October 2

The N.C. Promise Tuition Plan, which launched this fall at three UNC system universities, aims to make tuition more affordable for undergraduate students. ...

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A look into UNC's financial aid and drug conviction policy

By Payne Lubbers | September 23

The University recently outlined how a drug conviction affects federal financial aid eligibility.

Shirley Ort, retired director of financial aid. Photo courtesy of Shirley Ort.

Creator of Carolina Covenant receives Leadership Award

By Elizabeth Holmes | September 20

Shirley Ort created Carolina Covenant to help low-income students pay for tuition exemplifies what it means to be a leader.

Carolina Works fills the gap left by federal budget cuts to keep students employed

By Elizabeth Holmes | September 9

For now, work study is here to stay. In response to a rise in federal budget cuts, UNC kickstarted Carolina Works to fund more work-study students ...

Off-campus work-study jobs seeming harder to get, and keep, after payment changes

By Suzanne Blake | September 3

Senior Morgan Holder is in love with her work-study job at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. In a world of unpaid internships and menial jobs with ...

UNC has one of the lowest default rates for student loans in the nation

By Jackson Liu | April 26

Among graduating UNC seniors in 2015, around 40 percent carried student debt, and the average amount among borrowers was about $22,000. That compares ...

UNC consistently overestimates average cost of attendance

By Emily Galvin | April 22

When the University announced the decreased average cost of attendance, students sought transparency about the process by which the University determines ...

How could the new spending bill impact education spending? Students, you should know

By Payne Lubbers | April 8

The bill will increase spending for the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and the Federal Work-Study Program, among other increases.

UNCA to offer free summer courses to promote on-time graduation

By Jonny Cook | March 22

"First to finish" is a new program offering free summer courses for students one or two classes short of senior status, covering tuition, fees and housing. ...

DeVos, Congress asked to make those with drug convictions aid-eligible

By Blake Weaver | March 18

In a letter last month, the group urged U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and policymakers to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated ...

Department of Education revisits student loan forgiveness policy

By John Edmonds | February 26

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking public comment on how to assess if student loan borrowers meet the undue hardship standard for loan forgiveness. ...

Financial Aid office is hiring a Spanish-speaking counselor after student requests

By Maria Elena Vizcaino | February 22

“When I was a freshman, I was looking for a lot of resources and a lot of information to understand better how financial aid worked, but I wasn’t ...