While administrators at most universities are making deep budget cuts, the Board of Trustees at UNC-Charlotte approved a plan last week to fund a football program.
With the departure of N.C. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, a vacancy will open in the N.C. General Assembly that could have a significant impact on the UNC system.
UNC health officials have joined the ongoing debate regarding new guidelines that raise the recommended age for women to start mammogram screenings.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced earlier this week that women don’t need annual mammograms until they turn 50. That is 10 years older than the current medical standard for beginning the annual check-ups.
An organization that protects professors’ rights is becoming more active as cases alleging infringement of those rights rise in number.
Professors at universities cannot be fired at will, and they must receive both fair warning and justification when they are fired, according to the American Association of University Professors.
A faltering economy on top of several years of outsourced jobs has made western North Carolina one of the regions hardest hit by the national recession.
Textile and furniture companies, formerly a major source of income for the region, have crumbled under competitive pressure from multinational corporations, which can offer goods at lower prices.
As campuses draft their tuition proposals for 2010-11, student body presidents across the UNC system are making sure to interject students’ voices into the debate.
They’re becoming more active in the process than in past years because of concern regarding the tuition hike instituted by the N.C. General Assembly this summer to help close the budget gap.
To encourage first-generation and low-income high school seniors to apply to college, Gov. Bev Perdue has declared Nov. 16 to Nov. 20 “College Application Week.”
Students with financial need will see lower application fees and extra assistance from college counselors. University administrators said they hope it will prompt a rise in applications and a more diverse applicant pool.
A controversial policy governing salaries and paid leave for administrators took a step forward Thursday after months of stalls.
The personnel and tenure committee of the UNC-system Board of Governors passed the “retreat rights” policy for chancellors and presidents, which means the full board can discuss it at its next meeting in January.
A formal partnership between the UNC system and U.S. Army Special Operations Command made so much sense to both parties that it seemed silly to delay it.
Only a year after Special Operations Command first approached the UNC system, the two institutions signed an agreement that established the partnership.
The UNC-system Board of Governors proposed a plan Thursday to balance the universities’ and state’s needs for additional money while keeping tuition costs down for students.
The UNC system and the U.S. Army will launch a new chapter in their already-extensive collaboration today.
The two institutions will centralize the interaction between the military and the academic communities when UNC-system President Erskine Bowles and Lt. Gen. John Mulholland Jr., commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, sign an agreement before today’s Board of Governors meeting.
Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has managed to pass health care legislation, the next step is the U.S. Senate, even more fiercely divided over a health care overhaul.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has expressed concern that he'll have a hard time getting the necessary votes to even bring the bill to the floor for debate.
Recent college graduates are increasingly choosing to move to cities like Raleigh and Charlotte instead of traditional post-college destinations.
The two N.C. metropolises are among several burgeoning cities attracting well-educated young adults at the expense of former hot spots, such as Los Angeles and Atlanta, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
N.C. legislators are considering proposals to make the state’s tax code more representative of today’s economic structure.
This is the first time the legislature has taken serious steps to reform the tax code since the Great Depression, even as the economy has shifted to being service-based instead of manufacturing-based.
Sophomore Meghan Howard, like many students at UNC, forwards her e-mail from Webmail to a private provider.
Students across campus are choosing to abandon their Webmail accounts for private e-mail providers that they say are more convenient, leaving school technology officials nationwide to question the need for university-supported e-mail systems.
Butler University is disciplining a student who criticized administrators on the Internet after the university dropped the first-ever lawsuit against a student for online libel.
Instead of the lawsuit, Butler will pursue internal disciplinary actions against junior Jess Zimmerman, who criticized university administrators anonymously on his blog, “TrueBU.”
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill Saturday night that passed 220-215 in a move that many have deemed historical. McClatchy Newspapers reports that 83 percent of eligible Americans have health insurance now. If this bill is signed into law, 96 percent are expected to be insured by 2019.
In a move that shocked political observers, N.C. Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, announced Wednesday that he will resign from the N.C. Senate, where he is majority leader, to become chairman of the state parole board.
12:11 a.m. Nov. 5 - Due to a reporting error, this story misstated the role of Capstrat. The business assists with UNC’s marketing, while staff on campus handle the University’s public relations. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
12:13 a.m. Nov. 5 - Due to reporting errors, story incorrectly stated that Campbell and Wingate universities have doctorate degrees in pharmacy. Both offer “doctor of pharmacy” degrees. This story also misquoted David Etchison, who said that tuition could pay for the satellite campus, not that it should cover costs.
Needles won’t be necessary to find out what color you bleed this Homecoming week.
The Orange County Red Cross, along with FOX 50, is holding its second annual homecoming T-shirt competition between UNC, Duke, N.C. State and N.C. Central to see which university bleeds its colors the most.
Research campuses across the state have kept tabs on the progress of N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
UNC-system officials are visiting campuses this month to ensure that administrators are following newly instated financial processes.
The visits are a part of a new initiative called the UNC Finance Improvement and Transformation initiative — a measure that followed several audits in 2008 of UNC-system schools that came back with irregular results.
UNC-system officials are visiting campuses this month to ensure that administrators are following newly instated financial processes.
The visits are a part of a new initiative called the UNC Finance Improvement and Transformation initiative — a measure that followed several audits in 2008 of UNC-system schools that came back with irregular results.
The Old Well logo has been a symbol of UNC for more than a century, but the placement of the symbolic landmark on a rifle has concerned some residents and students and prompted legal action.
The Collegiate Licensing Company, which protects universities’ trademark rights, is taking action against the Historical Armory, a rifle manufacturer based out of Fort Collins, Colo. that specializes in national commemorative projects.
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