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UNC Facing High Number of Legal Challenges

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 26, 2015 | Higher Education

UNC is currently facing several legal challenges, including a class-action lawsuit from two former student-athletes filed last week. To handle the breadth of the lawsuits, UNC has retained the services of New York-based Skadden,...

Applications Up Again at UNC

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 26, 2015 | Higher Education

Applications for admission to UNC are up again. UNC is announcing a record for first-year applications, marking ten years in a row that a new record has been set. Overall applications are up two percent over last year and 37...

UNC Board of Trustees Approves Parking Reconfiguration

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 22, 2015 | Higher Education

The full UNC Board of Trustees convened on Thursday at the Carolina Inn. As part of the consent agenda at the meeting, a design to improve pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular access from Franklin Street to Cameron Avenue was...

UNC Launches New Research Venture Fund

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 21, 2015 | Higher Education

UNC officials announced the formation of the Carolina Research Venture Fund, at a Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday. Board member Sallie Shuping-Russell, who is also a managing director at BlackRock – the world’s largest...

UNC School of Government Aims to Prove Worth to New Board of Governors Leadership

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 21, 2015 | Higher Education

There have been ripple effects emanating through the UNC campus following news that Tom Ross would be transitioning out of his role as President of the University System over the next year. One UNC branch of note in this...

UNC Submits Response to SACS

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2015 | Higher Education

UNC has submitted a response to its regional accrediting body, following concerns raised during the independent investigation into academic irregularities at the university. SACSCOC requested information from UNC, in November of...

UNC President Tom Ross Ousted By BOG

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 16, 2015 | Higher Education

UNC System President Tom Ross is on the way out. The decision was announced on Friday. Ross will be transitioning out of his role effective January 3, 2016, or when his successor is in place, whichever is later. At a press...

MBA@UNC Ranked #1 Online MBA Program

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 9, 2015 | Higher Education

The Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC has brought in another number one ranking. For the first time ever, U.S. News & World Report ranked online MBA programs. And MBA@UNC is checking in at the top spot. Doug Shackelford,...

UNC Ranked Best Value Education in Country

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 18, 2014 | Higher Education, News

UNC is checking in atop a national ranking for the 14th year in a row. Carolina offers the best value of any public school in the country, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, which publishes the annual list. “UNC...

Temporary Process To Report Suspicious Academic Activities Unveiled

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 12, 2014 | Higher Education, News

Plates were full for administrators, faculty, and students at UNC this holiday season, with commencement, final exams, and reviews from the UNC System Board of Governors. There was certainly a lot to cover on Friday, and...

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