Teaching, research and public service — advocates for the Carolina Center for Public Service say UNC’s historic commitment to these values is threatened as the Board of Governors reviews whether the state should pay for the center.
The Board of Governors makes policy decisions for the UNC system and all of its constituent institutions. The board also elects the president of the UNC system — currently Thomas Ross — who oversees the system’s administrative affairs. The N.C. General Assembly elects all 32 voting members of the board to four-year terms. There are non-voting members as well, such as former board chairmen, former governors and the president of the Association of Student Governments.
Committees are often appointed to discuss certain issues. Some of those standing committees include one for audits, budget and finance, educational planning, policies and programs, personnel and tenure, public affairs, strategic directions and university governance.
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CARY — Students and faculty have made clear over the past week through public statements, letters to the editor and social media that they want a say in the search for UNC-system President Tom Ross’ successor.
As North Carolina’s poverty rate rises, the University center devoted to addressing it faces extinction.
Students from the UNC BOG Democracy Coalition met with several Board of Governors members on Monday, brimming with questions about system president Tom Ross’ forced resignation and the ongoing review of the UNC system’s centers and institutes.
Faculty leaders are struggling to accept the Board of Governors’ decision that led to the resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross.
After the UNC-system Board of Governors forced President Tom Ross to resign earlier this month in a surprise move, faculty members at UNC worry they won’t have a voice in picking Ross’ successor.
Student body presidents from across the UNC system hope to have a say in the selection of the new UNC system president.
Today, following the holiday weekend, UNC-system President Tom Ross will return to his Chapel Hill office — a familiar space he’s occupied for the past four years.
In-state students in the UNC system received a respite from tuition hikes this school year — but with state support for universities remaining fairly stagnant, the price tag is likely to bump back up for the fall.
Black-clad UNC students are planning to sit in on the UNC Board of Governors’ meeting on Friday in Chapel Hill to show support for the University centers that are under review for termination or funding cuts.
In an effort to address concerns swirling around issues such as sexual assault and alcohol abuse, the UNC-system Board of Governors’ budget and finance committee will vote Thursday on a $30 UNC campus security fee for students.
When Shamdasani was a sophomore, she was Student Body Secretary in the administration of former Student Body President Will Leimenstoll.
A poster at the front of the room stated the facts: 91 percent white, 5.9 percent black, 3.1 percent Asian, 0 percent Hispanic, 80 percent men, 20 percent women, 29 Republicans, two Democrats.
The topic of raising tuition and fees for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years stirred a debate among members of the Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force Friday.
Twenty-six of UNC-CH’s 80 research centers and institutes will be scrutinized further as a UNC Board of Governors review of the UNC system’s centers continues.
Dozens of UNC-system students will walk out of classes Friday to protest several system policies during the UNC Board of Governors’ meeting.
Freshman Hiren Gihwala could go to UNC without financial aid, but the aid he received gave him the stability he needed to take advantage of other opportunities at the University.
