Members of the University Board of Trustees announced last week that they will investigate the needs' of UNC's graduate students.
During Wednesday's meeting of the board's University Affairs Committee, Faculty Chairwoman Judith Wegner underscored the importance of improving graduate students' benefits to attract the best students.
When assisting in the classrooms and the labs, graduate students are an integral part of the University's educational fabric, Wegner said.
Trustee Rusty Carter, chairman of the committee, requested a report on graduate student tuition be prepared to bring trustees up to speed.
He said the committee will take this year to look into graduate students' concerns.
"You will hear a lot more about the grad school and our thoughts and feelings on that as the year moves on," Carter told the rest of the trustees during their full meeting Thursday.
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