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ASG looks to student involvement to limit tuition hikes

By Madeline Will | October 23

As the UNC-system Association of Student Governments prepares to tackle potential tuition and fee increases, officers say student involvement will be ...

Vote on athletic fee postponed for changes

By Nicole Comparato and Andy Thomason | October 14

The student fee advisory subcommittee postponed Friday a vote on a $45 increase to the athletic fee, citing a desire for the increase’s revenue ...

Tuition hike of 6.5 percent will not fill budget gap, task force says

By Nicole Comparato | October 11

University officials said Tuesday that a 6.5 percent increase in tuition wouldn’t come close to covering a $20 million gap in UNC’s budget.

Open House takes on new roundtable format

By Taylor Hartley | October 10

The honor system and diversity were the topics of choice for Chancellor Holden Thorp’s open house discussion Monday, conducted in a new roundtable format. ...

UNC system looks to tuition hikes to absorb budget cuts

By Elise Young | October 6

When the UNC system’s governing body met Thursday, discussions about how to absorb budget cuts and supplement them through other sources of revenue ...

Board of Governors will discuss UNC system’s peers today

By Nicole Comparato | October 5

University administrators have long suggested that higher tuition might be the most effective way to offset budget cuts in coming years. But even after ...

UNC-system peer study to include review of tuition rates

By Daniel Wiser | October 5

An education at a UNC-system school has traditionally been considered a bargain. Universities have kept tuition rates comparatively low and relied ...

UNC tuition hikes possible for 2012-13

By Andy Thomason | September 21

As UNC struggles to adapt to this year’s round of budget cuts, administrators are already preparing for next year — and large tuition hikes are on ...

UNC tuition rates to undergo review of peer universities

By Daniel Wiser | July 20

University students and parents will be relieved to find that a supplemental tuition increase has not been tacked onto their bills this summer.

Q&A with UNC-system President Thomas Ross on budget cuts, tuition

By Daniel Wiser | July 13

UNC-system President Thomas Ross has been forced to grapple with a systemwide cut of 15.6 percent or $414 million in state funding during his first year ...

Thomas Ross advises against tuition hikes

By Daniel Wiser | June 9

UNC-system President Thomas Ross advised against supplemental tuition increases at today’s Board of Governors meeting after state legislators did not ...

UNC Board of Governors discourages further tuition hikes

By Elizabeth Johnson | June 6

Members of the UNC-system Board of Governors hope to show their disapproval of the state legislature’s proposed budget by postponing any discussion ...

UNC’s Maymester and summer sessions to offer more classes

By Paula Seligson | March 21

As students begin registering for summer classes today, they will find more options at a price not affected by budget constraints.

Covenant scholars excelling

By Amelia Nitz | February 24

Seven years ago, the University established the Carolina Covenant program to overcome the weight college tuition can place on students beneath the poverty ...

Student groups protest tuition hikes after 60 programs cut

By Dorothy Irwin and Jen Serdetchnaia | February 13

About 30 student protesters marched from the Pit to the UNC-system Board of Governors meeting Friday, determined to bring attention to how students could ...

Students marrying for in-state tuition

By Jasmine Chen | February 10

Students who are married might qualify for more financial benefits, including improved need-based financial aid and in-state tuition. This does not immediately ...

UNC board to vote on program cuts, tuition

By Elizabeth Johnson | February 10

With a Republican dominated legislature ready to slash higher education funding, university-system officials are under pressure to salvage sources of ...

SBP candidates face tuition

By Lyle Kendrick | February 3

As further state budget cuts loom over the University, student body president candidates are preparing for the inevitable. The candidates all have their ...

Repeal would affect University aid, out-of-state student recruitment

By Chloe Pinner | January 27

A 2004 law giving out-of-state students on full scholarship in-state status for tuition purposes could be repealed, which would put an extra $7 million ...

Students now have 10 days to appeal residency

By Christina Austin | January 20

Students officially have less time to appeal for in-state residency — and may find residency harder to prove — thanks to an updated state residency ...