Workers angry about Senate Bill 575, a piece of legislation that would put their fate in the hands of the UNC-system Board of Governors, will be able to voice their concerns in two weeks.

Due to a lack of interest, next year’s student leaders from across the system will miss an opportunity to better train for their roles.

Faculty and administrators have placed college sports at the forefront of needed reforms this past year, and now UNC-system administrators are hoping to get started on a review of coaching policies. A speaker panel will meet at UNC-CH today to discuss reforming college sports. The discussion follows the creation of two task forces in the past year by UNC-system President Thomas Ross — both charged with reforming the system’s athletics.

After losing the tuition battle against the UNC-system Board of Governors, students are preparing for the next stage in the fight against tuition increases: the N.C. General Assembly.

Despite student protests, the Board of Governors passed UNC-system President Thomas Ross’ tuition and fee increase proposal of increasing tuition and fees by a systemwide average of 8.8 percent. See what students and executives tweeted about this morning’s meeting.

As students and Chapel Hill occupiers chanted and beat on drums in protest outside the meeting room, The UNC-system Board of Governors passed President Thomas Ross’ proposal of increasing tuition and fees by an systemwide average of 8.8 percent.

The UNC-system Board of Governors’ budget and finance committee approved today system President Thomas Ross’ tuition and fee increase proposals, which average 8.8 percent. The committee’s 5-1 vote followed voiced skepticism from many board members about tuition and fee increases spanning the next two years.

Student protesters, who have opposed tuition increases since October, will likely have little influence when the UNC-system Board of Governors votes on tuition proposals on Feb. 10.

With UNC-system President Thomas Ross recommending increases above the Board of Governors’ mandated 6.5 percent tuition increase cap, some board members say they are not sure they want to support such substantial tuition hikes.

UNC-system President Thomas Ross recommended today that schools not increase in-state tuition and fees above 9.9 percent, which is lower than UNC-CH’s 11.4 percent increase proposal. In a memo to members of the UNC-system Board of Governors, Ross said his recommendations — after taking out financial aid — will generate system-wide revenues of $70 million.

UNC-system President Thomas Ross released his tuition and fee increase proposal today, recommending that UNC-CH’s increase for in-state students be no more than 9.9 percent.

This Saturday, the UNC-system Association of Student Governments will hold a special meeting to talk about tuition.

UNC-system President Thomas Ross said he will stand by the tuition increase parameters he set last week despite dissenting opinions from some students and administrators.

For the past forty years, the UNC system’s 16 universities have upheld the state constitution’s mandate to keep the cost of education affordable.

NC-system president headlined the University Day ceremony, a variety of voices from all sectors of campus defined the Memorial Hall event.

Thomas Ross, the man who has overseen the 17 UNC-system campuses for the last nine months, was sworn in Thursday. The UNC system’s 17th president says he’s embracing severe budget cuts, resource shortfalls and a troubled economy as a challenge — a challenge he plans to tackle head on.

Since the UNC-system Board of Governors held a private retreat almost two months ago, accusations of breaking the N.C. open meetings law have been refuted by board officials — a back-and-forth match that might come to a head this week.

Universities nationwide are urging members of Congress to reach an agreement on federal deficit reduction without imposing further cuts on higher education.

Allegations that the UNC-system Board of Governors violated the state’s open meetings law have been denied by administrators who say their private retreat was within the bounds of the law.

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