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Spellings Discusses Plans for New Education Policy

Posted by Staff | Jun 22, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education, News

UNC System President Margaret Spellings completed her 100-day tour around the state, visiting all 17 UNC campuses. Upon her return, she discussed the efforts between the UNC system and the legislature regarding higher education...

Hunt Institute Partners with Duke After Cutting Ties with UNC

Posted by Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

The Hunt Institute and Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy are joining forces in an effort to advance education policy. This merger comes just a few months after the Hunt Institute split off from UNC – Chapel Hill. Duke...

General Assembly Addresses Legislation Important for UNC System

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

The General Assembly has recently addressed two pieces of legislation that will be of great consequence for the UNC system. These policies, which are ultimately written by politicians, will have to be put into effect by the UNC...

UNC Board of Governors Anticipate Future Challenges

Posted by Staff | Jun 1, 2016 | Higher Education

Protesters have been asking for changes with the Board of Governors, but apparently the board is also interested in making some changes themselves. The Board of Governors discussed some of the key challenges the UNC system will...

HB2 and HBCUs Among Topics at First UNC Board of Governors Public Comment Session

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 31, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

For the first time ever, public comment was taken at the conclusion of the UNC Board of Governors meeting just before the Memorial Day Weekend. About 30 minutes after the regular meeting wrapped up on Friday, several members of...

UNC Board of Governors Hires Legal Counsel, Asks Attorney General to Pay For It

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 31, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

With the ongoing legal battles over North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2, the UNC System has hired outside legal counsel. UNC leadership announced on Friday that the system had hired two Washington D.C.-based law firms to...

UNC Board of Governors Awards UNC-Chapel Hill and Western Carolina University Professors

Posted by Staff | May 27, 2016 | Higher Education

The UNC Board of Governors awarded UNC Chapel Hill’s Dr. Aziz Sancar and Western Carolina University’s Professor David A. Shapiro with the highest faculty honor. The O. Max Gardner Award, named after a North Carolina governor,...

UNC Board Of Governors To Take Public Comment At Friday Meeting

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

In an effort to increase transparency and give protesters an outlet for their frustration, the UNC Board of Governors is instituting a new policy and will take public comment in their meeting Friday, something organizations...

Renaming Provision Removed From Senate Bill 873

Posted by Staff | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education, News

A controversial section of a proposal from the North Carolina Senate allowing the UNC System Board of Governors to consider changing the names of state schools based on their effect on “enrollment, academic strength and...

New Bill Could Put HBCU Funding At Risk

Posted by Staff | May 24, 2016 | Higher Education

Senate Bill 873, known as the Access to Affordable College Education Act, seeks to cap tuition at five North Carolina universities at $500 a semester for in state students. The bill also says the UNC system should review...

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