Economic impact of HBCUs is almost $15 billion, study finds

American Historically Black Colleges and Universities contribute $14.8 billion to the U.S. economy, according to a new study.

UNC Center for Civil Rights plans for the future following the September BOG decision

This past September, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation work done by the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights — which provided ...

NC leaders discuss issues facing military-affiliated students at summit

Student veterans, campus leaders from UNC System schools, North Carolina community college administrators and N.C. legislators gathered Monday for the ...

NC attorney general hosts first collegiate council meeting to combat college opioid crisis

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein led the first of four collegiate council meetings within the UNC system to work with students on combating ...

Fayetteville State granted $8.2 million for GEAR UP college prep programs

Fayetteville State University will receive $8.2 million over the next seven years for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. ...

Hypnosis entertains and helps local residents

Students filled the Agora on Oct. 10 to watch their classmates use their shoes as binoculars and bet on fake racehorses during the Granville Towers Hypnotist ...

Western Governors University establishes partnership with North Carolina

Western Governors University received a $2 million dollar grant from the North Carolina General Assembly — making North Carolina the university’s ...

Students could be expelled for disrupting campus free speech, according to a policy drafted by UNC-system BOG

A Board of Governors committee began drafting a policy that would allow the expulsion of students who repeatedly disrupt freedom of speech or expression ...

Who gets on the UNC-system Board of Governors?

 The UNC-system Board of Governors faced scrutiny after a system-wide ban on litigation — forcing the UNC Center for Civil rights to cease taking ...

First-gen college students receive aid to further their education

The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded a five-year, $1.15 million grant to UNC-Greensboro to help first-generation and underrepresented students ...

UNC President Spellings: higher education needs to be more affordable

UNC-system President Margaret Spellings and other higher education leaders concluded universities have made limited progress in areas identified for reform ...

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 26, 2017

UNC-system happenings for Sept. 26, 2017

Students, faculty and community members march in anticipation of Center for Civil Rights BOG vote

Students, University faculty and community members gathered Thursday to protest the potential Board of Governors decision to stop the UNC Center for Civil ...

Duke to increase employee minimum wage to $15 by 2019

Duke University will increase its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all regular University and Health System staff by 2019, according to a university statement ...

NC schools are protesting more than just Silent Sam

In the wake of protests over Confederate monuments in Chapel Hill and Durham, students at Appalachian State University and Salem College are taking a ...

Meet the new ECU

 East Carolina University’s new look is due in part to Chancellor Cecil Staton – and the university’s growing national acclaim. 

UNC sees increase in teaching program enrollment

UNC faculty asks the BOG to vote against closing the Center for Civil Rights

  The UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Executive Committee asked the UNC Board of Governors to vote against closing the Center for Civil Rights. The committee ...

Here's what the UNC-system has been up to this summer

The controversy over the fate of the UNC Center for Civil Rights' ability to litigate dominated the UNC Board of Governors’ agenda in the past few meetings, ...