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Op-ed: UNC Chancellor is facing pressure for new provost decision

November 29

"The search for a new provost is coming to an end, and the Chancellor is under significant pressure to make a particular choice. Based on the information ...

Editorial: Reviewing UNC's policies of the fall semester

By Editorial Board | November 28

"The administration is in a crucial situation where its policies are especially important to students and have been known to disappoint the campus community ...

Editorial: We stand with The Daily Gamecock — enough is enough.

By Editorial Board | November 18

"We will continue to use our voices as student journalists to call upon the University to be more accountable to students — not to their public image. ...

UNC BOT approves proposals to increase out-of-state tuition, housing and dining fees

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang | November 4

The Board of Trustees' Finance, Infrastructure and Audit Committee approved a proposal to raise out-of-state undergraduate tuition by two percent next ...

Chancellor's committee recommends the name removal of Avery Residence Hall, Bingham Hall

By Lia Salvatierra | November 2

The Chancellor’s Committee to Review History Commission Resolution unanimously agreed to recommend the renaming of Avery Residence Hall and Bingham ...

Coalition for Carolina plans to assess governance structure of the University

By Hannah Rosenberger | October 11

The Coalition for Carolina formed in response to recent concerns about the politicization of University governance and partisan interference in the UNC ...

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BOT discusses resolution that would allow approval of Tier II faculty hires

By Elizabeth Egan | October 8

The UNC Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution which would amend and restate the current delegations of authority between the BOT, Board ...

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Faculty Executive Committee talks BOT involvement in Distinguished Alumni Award nominations

By Lauren Cook | September 28

The Faculty Executive Committee met Monday to discuss ongoing COVID-19 trends at UNC, the search for a new vice chancellor of communications and the recent ...

Board of Trustees committee discusses latest 'All-Funds' budget approach

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang | September 24

According to Knuffman, the UNC System office wants the All-Funds to ensure that “scarce budget dollars” are allocated in a transparent and efficient ...

Breaking down the power structure and history of the UNC Board of Trustees

By Jennifer Tran | September 22

The UNC Board of Trustee's failure to grant Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure has brought the governing body to the forefront ...

Coalition launches to address UNC governance concerns

By Praveena Somasundaram | September 16

Co-founded by Faculty Chairperson Mimi Chapman, the Coalition for Carolina launched publicly Thursday and has a mission to “support and defend the University ...

Letter: UNC Administration must listen to the demands of the President's Council

September 9

"Administrators should listen to the reasonable demands of the President’s Council, starting with an apology for their absence at the table." ...

Column: UNC's missing piece is accountability

By Caitlyn Yaede | August 15

"The honor system can’t work when students have proved, time and time again, that they do not honor the system. This is a chance at a semblance of normalcy, ...

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Faculty Council holds emergency meeting over fears about removing Guskiewicz

By Amy Xu | July 15

Chapman admitted that Guskiewicz is “not perfect,” but that it wasn’t a good time for a change in leadership. “He is someone we know,” Chapman ...

Op-ed: Let's create a Coalition for Carolina

July 7

"Most importantly, the current governance structure means that we are unable, as an institution, to live our values. The faculty, staff and students cannot ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC's offer, will join Howard University instead

By Krista Nichols | July 6

Nikole Hannah-Jones has declined UNC's offer, she announced Tuesday during an interview on “CBS This Morning," and will instead be the inaugural Knight ...

UNC students say Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure shouldn't have been in question

By Lauren McCarthy | July 2

The UNC Board of Trustees voted to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application Wednesday after she was initially offered only a five-year, fixed-term ...

'A lot of soul-searching': UNC faculty say there's more to be done after BOT decision

By Lauren McCarthy and Isabella Reilly | July 1

Faculty members are encouraged by the Board of Trustees' decision to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure, but they say this situation has been nothing ...

'Who keeps us safe?': UNC Black Student Movement holds demonstration at BOT meeting

By Lauren McCarthy and Isabella Reilly | July 1

When the meeting went into closed session, which is standard practice for the Board voting on matters like tenure, there was confusion and some demonstrators ...

UNC Board of Trustees votes 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application

By Lauren McCarthy and Isabella Reilly | June 30

Trustees Dave Boliek, Haywood Cochrane, Allie Ray McCullen and John Preyer were the dissenting votes.