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UNC system looks into credit score evaluation criteria

By Miranda Murray | August 30

Following changes to two UNC-system schools’ credit ratings, administrators are looking into the criteria behind the ratings to avoid future downgrades. ...

UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Greensboro evaluate and test alert systems

By Katie Barbee | August 29

UNC-CH is not the only school reviewing its campus alert system. Officials at UNC-Wilmington are also investigating their alert system after it failed ...

UNC-system athletic programs consider changes

By Miranda Murray | August 28

UNC-CH isn’t the only school making changes to its athletic program. Other system universities are also altering their programs following a report ...

Board of Governors aims to avoid partisan divide

By Kelly Blessing | August 23

After its first official meeting of the academic year earlier this month, members of the UNC-system Board of Governors say meetings will not be divided ...

Board of Governors retreat may have violated open meetings law, says former student

By Madeline Will | August 23

The UNC-system Board of Governors, the decision-making body for all 17 system campuses, is being accused of breaking the law.

Cuts cost the UNC-system faculty and limit course offerings

By Elise Young | August 22

UNC-system schools are losing more than just funding. They’re losing faculty members. Administrators across the 16 campuses are submitting plans this ...

UNC-system Association of Student Governments lobbying efforts may have fallen short

By Madeline Will | August 19

Members of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments ended the academic year with a promise to lobby legislators throughout the summer to keep ...

UNC system develops task force report in response to NCAA investigation

By Isabella Cochrane | August 18

As the NCAA discusses serious reforms to college athletics, the UNC system is taking its own steps to strengthen athletic programs on its campuses.

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 ...

All $20 million from UNC Health Care to help offset cut at UNC

By Daniel Wiser | July 12

All $20 million in transferred funds from the UNC Health Care system will be used to offset a state funding cut of almost 18 percent or more than $100 ...

UNC will dip into reserve scholarship fund to preserve aid

By Kaitlyn Knepp | June 6

In the face of a shrinking budget, the University’s Office of Scholarships and Student Aid is starting to dip into reserve funds to compensate for cuts ...

State enrollment funding model could be altered

By Stirling Little | June 6

Despite proposed changes to the way universities fund enrollment growth, UNC-system administrators say increasing enrollment may no longer be an option ...

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 ...

Proposed Senate budget softer on University cuts than House version

By Daniel Wiser | May 30

Although not as deep as a 17.4 percent cut, the latest proposed reduction in state funding would still puncture the academic core of universities, UNC-system ...

University searches for new vice chancellor for finance

By Paula Seligson | May 27

As the state legislature prepares to finalize budget cuts to the UNC system, the search continues for a key faculty member who will oversee the cuts at ...

UNC Health Care opposes the sale of Rex Healthcare to WakeMed

By Daniel Wiser | May 16

The latest row between WakeMed Health and Hospitals and UNC Health Care has placed the UNC system and looming state budget cuts at the center of the fray. In ...

NC House budget amendment cuts scholarship funding received from state lottery

By Stirling Little | May 16

As state legislators deliberate measures to close a state budget shortfall of $2.4 billion, budgetary adjustments could benefit K-12 education at the ...

UNC-system administrator finalist for San Diego State presidency

By Tarini Parti | April 29

The California State University Board of Trustees today announced Steven Leath, vice president of research for the UNC system, as one of three finalists ...

UNC system faces disproportionate percentage of cuts

By Elizabeth Johnson | April 24

Public education officials in the UNC system, community colleges and K-12 schools are bracing for deep budget cuts. But exactly how deep they will be ...