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Students less likely to complete online classes

By Marshall Winchester | November 17

Online learning in the UNC system received its report card in late October, when the General Administration found that depending on the field, students ...

NC State, UNC-system schools face library hour cuts

November 11

While N.C. State University and other UNC-system schools are facing cuts to their library hours, UNC-CH students are still able to study in the library ...

At the School of Government on Friday, Tom Ross discusses the five year strategic plan and the importance of investing in universities.

Tom Ross outlines 5-year plan for UNC system

By Sarah Brown | November 10

UNC-system President Tom Ross knows the stakes facing public higher education in North Carolina: maintaining the competitiveness and quality of universities ...

UNC-system happenings, November 8, 2013

By Taylor Carrere | November 7

Mike Hill, a senior at Westen Carolina University, recently won non-exclusive rights to produce a film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “The ...

UNC system’s online exam practices honored

By Zachery Eanes | November 5

The UNC system will be awarded for its proctoring system created to standardize online exams across the system this month.

Student Congress to vote on ASG resolution tonight

By Lindsay Carbonell | October 28

UNC-CH Student Congress will meet today to vote on a resolution to allow students to vote if the University should stay in the system’s Association ...

Students may vote on UNC’s role in ASG

By Sarah Brown | October 22

The UNC student body could be voting for the second time in two years on whether to remain a part of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments. ...

Students continue debating drop/add

By Meredith Burns | October 20

While UNC-CH students and faculty have expressed outrage about systemwide changes to the period during which students can drop a class, most of the state’s ...

UNC-system happenings, October 10, 2013

By Kate Grise | October 9

As the UNC system kicks off a review of universities’ campus security, Winston-Salem State University is putting an emphasis on student participation ...

UNC-system happenings, October 4, 2013

By Zachery Eanes | October 3

The UNC-Charlotte chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha has been suspended for an alleged hazing event at a mountain retreat, following the hospitalization of a new ...

System rolls out security review

By Madeline Will and Sarah Brown | October 1

Leaders across the UNC system gathered Tuesday to launch a systemwide campus security review — an initiative that will zero in on student alcohol and ...

Survey supports Board of Governors' strategic plan

By Melody Yoshizawa | September 30

A recent survey supports what the UNC-system Board of Governors has been trying to accomplish through the system’s strategic plan — that technical ...

UNC-system happenings, September 27, 2013

September 26

Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak might not remain a fictional item for long. Greg Gbur, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Optical ...

UNC-system happenings, Sept. 20, 2013

By Sharon Nunn | September 19

Students at UNC-A reenact ancient Greek battles An ancient Roman and Greek history course taught at UNC-Asheville is more than just musty textbooks ...

Black studies programs on the rise

By Blair Burnett | September 19

Though some research has suggested that the number of African-American studies programs at universities is declining, a new study says these programs ...

System to target campus drug use

By Hayley Fowler | September 19

Gov. Pat McCrory is engaging with UNC-system leaders to discuss campus substance abuse concerns — but public safety officials say campus crime statistics ...

More professors lured away from UNC

By Sarah Brown | September 2

As universities across the country continue to recover from the 2008 economic downturn, many administrators are prioritizing investments in faculty recruitment ...

Another year of budget cuts piles up for UNC system

By Sarah Brown | August 15

Long before the N.C. General Assembly finalized a new state budget last month, higher education leaders knew two more years of tight finances would be ...

UNC Board of Governors bans gender-neutral housing

By Lucinda Shen and Sarah Chaney | August 9

In a meeting this morning, the UNC Board of Governors unanimously voted to ban gender-neutral housing across the UNC school system.

UNC-system leaders talk energy costs

By Jordan Bailey | July 22

Students, faculty and leaders from colleges across the state came together last week to further discussions on energy conservation — with an ultimate ...