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UNC-system president-elect Margaret Spellings greets system Board of Governors members after the announcement of her selection at the C.D. Spangler Building in Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 23.
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UNC-system president-elect Margaret Spellings greets system Board of Governors members after the announcement of her selection at the C.D. Spangler Building in Chapel Hill on Friday, Oct. 23.
John Fennebresque, the chairperson of the UNC-system Board of Governors, has announced his resignation, effective immediately, according to a news release sent out today.
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In an attempt not to say anything controversial about the LGBT community, UNC-system President-elect Margaret Spellings said something controversial.
UNC-system president elect greets members of the board of governors after their announcement Friday.
Update 2:30 p.m.: UNC-system President-elect Margaret Spellings did not have much time to answer questions after her selection, but her responses did shed some light on how a Spellings-led system might look.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will name Tom Ross' successor at a meeting on Friday.
Clearly, the Board of Governors’ selection process for UNC-system president is not working the way it should. It has been characterized by infighting, calls for board chairperson John Fennebresque’s resignation and acrimony between the board and the North Carolina legislature.
After 10 months of dealings behind closed doors, the search for the next UNC-system president may be nearing its conclusion.
The UNC-system Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Friday in Cary, but the agenda indicates that the briefing by the presidential search committee and a candidate review will happen in a closed session.
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CLARIFICATION: The original version of this article was not clear enough representing Joseph Graves position in the North Carolina A&T and Duke University partnership. Graves is leading the program at N.C. A&T. The story has been updated to reflect these changes.
With 39 percent of students in the UNC-system having taken at least one online course in the 2013-14 academic year, some say online education is a promising tool for college education.
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CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, a previous version of this editorial misstated the month of the announcement of UNC-system President Tom Ross' departure and related events. The events took place in January. The editorial has been updated to reflect this change.
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Faculty, students and community members showed up to N.C. Central University Thursday to voice their expectations for the next UNC-system president.
On May 13, the North Carolina flagship National Public Radio station, WUNC, announced that it will acquire Fayetteville-based WFSS-FM for $1.35 million, pending FCC approval.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — A fist bump between Tom Ross and Scott Ralls on Wednesday epitomized the working relationship between the UNC system and North Carolina’s community colleges, as well as the friendship between the two departing higher education leaders.