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Board of Governors

BOG finishes long-standing plans
Tarini Parti
01/11/2010

The UNC system Board of Governors tied up several loose ends, such as UNC-Charlotte’s potential football program, paid leave policy for university presidents and chancellors, and a policy for dealing with hate crimes at its meetings Thursday and Friday.

Increasing fees for football
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Administrator salary policy moving forward
Jeanna Smialek and Ariel Zirulnick
11/13/2009

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.
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UNC system wants to split $200 tuition increase with state
Tarini Parti
11/13/2009

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.
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Army to collaborate with system schools
Ariel Zirulnick
11/12/2009
Lt. Gen. John Mulholland Jr. will sign an agreement on campus today.

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.
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Retreat rights could be cut
Ariel Zirulnick
10/08/2009

The practice of administrators “retreating” to faculty positions while retaining a large salary has been a higher education norm for decades, but the time of blithe acceptance is over.

Known as retreat rights, the UNC-system policies governing the practice will be under close scrutiny today and Friday, when the Board of Governors meets in Chapel Hill.
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BOG looks to curb enrollment
Ariel Zirulnick
09/18/2009

The state’s higher education leaders said Friday that years of rapid enrollment need to slow down to help schools better deal with the growth.

Years of focusing on expanding enrollment across the system may have gone too far and caused schools to grow faster than their ability to serve students adequately, said UNC-system Board of Governors Chairwoman Hannah Gage.
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