As UNC-system administrators discuss new enrollment funding models, schools throughout the system are already planning changes.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates showed few signs of division on issues at an education forum Thursday, while the leading Republican contender declined to attend the event.

Efficiency has become the new buzzword across the UNC system in recent years.

After multiple rounds of layoffs and years of losses, UNC Printing Services will shut down this summer, laying off its remaining 12 employees.

Chancellor Thorp and the Board of Trustees are looking to utilize the next 18 months to plan what they hope will be the University’s largest fundraising campaign ever.

Expected cuts to a federal program for affordable housing have led local nonprofit organizations to look for funding elsewhere.

While many students can be found enjoying the warmth of the spring season all across campus, Kittie Allen is working harder to tend to UNC’s lawns and gardens.

March is traditionally a quiet month for the UNC-system Board of Governors. But after a divisive tuition debate in February, board members decided to postpone another important discussion — budget priorities — until this month.

In an effort to maintain program quality in the face of decreased funding, the school decided last year to reduce enrollment by 25 percent, Moore said.

The University has received less and less of its funding from the state in recent years — a reality made especially clear today. Wednesday is Tag Day: the day on which UNC would have to shut down without private gifts.

Ideas for change in the University’s library system might soon advance to planning stages now that the pressure of budget cuts has begun to recede.

With declining state support and another year of budget cuts looming, administrators have begun planning for the University’s largest fundraising campaign ever. The University will roll out the project within the next two and a half years, aiming to generate more than $2.38 billion dollars during a span of eight years, said Matt Kupec, vice chancellor for University advancement.

University administrators are beginning to plan for the near future, when the pressure of budget cuts will have subsided.

UNC-system President Thomas Ross’ tuition and fee increase proposal has passed one hurdle, but skepticism from some members of the Board of Governors leaves the final approval of the recommendation unclear.

The Orange County Family Resource Centers has provided after-school programs to local children for 18 years, but now budget cuts have decreased the services the group can offer.

In a tough economic climate that has prompted UNC-system campuses to pare down administrative staffs, schools are adapting — or drastically reducing — their academic advising services.

As a decision nears on tuition increases for next year, UNC’s Campus Y is embracing its role as an educator on the issue while rejecting any specific objectives or proposals.

UNC students should make the most of the 2012 election as an opportunity to influence education policy.

In the 1970s, the threat of in-state tuition increases from the N.C. General Assembly hit the UNC system — but with the efforts of a student group, the proposals were taken off the table. Robert Lucas, a former student body president of East Carolina University, formed a group that encompassed all 17 institutions in the system — the N.C. Association of Student Body Presidents.

It’s been almost two months since the Board of Trustees approved a 15.6 percent tuition hike to the dismay of dozens of student protesters lining the walls of the Carolina Inn.