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BOG to focus on student innovation

By Daniel Wiser | August 19

The UNC-system Board of Governors will craft a new plan this fall to better prepare students — both in and out of the classroom — for an ever-changing ...

Q&A with Louis Bissette

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | July 25

Louis Bissette is a member of the UNC-system Board of Governors. He will be chairing a five-member panel that is reviewing UNC-Chapel Hill’s investigation ...

UNC-system employees will receive pay raises after four years

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | July 11

UNC-system employees have gone four years without pay increases, but that will soon change.

Hans to focus on efficiency, lobbying as leader

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | June 19

After serving as chairwoman of the UNC-system Board of Governors for four years, Hannah Gage’s term will end June 30. The board chose Peter Hans, the ...

New review of UNC to begin

By Matthew Cox ?and Vinayak Balasubramanian | June 18

In an attempt to end concerns about findings of academic fraud in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, the UNC-system ...

Peter Hans elected as chair by UNC Board of Governors

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | June 15

Peter Hans will take over as chair for the UNC-system Board of Governors beginning July 1. Hans, who is currently the board’s vice chair, defeated Paul ...

Board announces AFAM review panel

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | June 14

The UNC system will review UNC-Chapel Hill’s investigation of academic fraud in the African and Afro-American Studies Department, System President Thomas ...

Gage: athletic culture needs change

By Vinayak Balasubramanian | June 11

UNC’s top leaders are frustrated with continuing reports of academic fraud involving athletes at UNC-Chapel Hill, said Hannah Gage, chairwoman of the ...

UNC system pursues Chinese partnerships to keep NC competitive

By Erika Keil | April 19

The UNC-system Board of Governors has given the General Administration two months to create a strategic plan for the future of academic relations with ...

Protesters, Board of Governors clash at meeting over Senate Bill 575

By Madeline Will | April 15

When Deane Irving was laid off from his job as a computer operator at N.C. State University last year, he felt the process, while not desirable, was at ...

UNC-system Board of Governors considers performance-based funding model

By Daniel Wiser | April 12

Joining a national discussion about ways to improve the performance of universities, the UNC-system Board of Governors has begun to take initial steps ...

UNC-system Board of Governors meeting to cover drug, financial aid policy

By Isabella Cochrane | April 11

Illegal drug policies, financial aid and a new performance model are three of the items to be discussed at today’s UNC-system Board of Governors meeting. ...

Bill overhauling UNC Health Care narrowly approved

By Brendan Cooley | April 11

UNC Health Care is gearing up to fight a legislative proposal that would dramatically overhaul its governance structure and hamper its ability to expand. ...

UNC workers petition NC Senate bill that would give authority to BOG

By Madeline Will | March 29

Housekeepers, maintenance workers and other system staff members are all currently protected under the State Personnel Act — but a new provision would ...

UNC-system schools emphasize efficiency in spending

By Daniel Wiser | March 28

Efficiency has become the new buzzword across the UNC system in recent years.

Board of Governors postponed budget talks until March to avoid rushing the process

By Eshe Nelson | March 12

March is traditionally a quiet month for the UNC-system Board of Governors. But after a divisive tuition debate in February, board members decided ...

BOG considers tax cuts to families not qualifying for need-based aid

By Elizabeth Johnson | February 26

An attempt by the UNC-system Board of Governors to give tax breaks to families who pay college tuition but don’t qualify for need-based aid might not ...

Student tuition protests will move to the NC legislature

By Amanda Albright | February 15

After losing the tuition battle against the UNC-system Board of Governors, students are preparing for the next stage in the fight against tuition increases: ...

Students protested after Board of Governors approved 8.8 percent tuition increase

By Isabella Cochrane | February 12

As 200 students and Chapel Hill occupiers chanted and beat on drums in protest outside the meeting room, the UNC-system Board of Governors passed President ...

Occupy Chapel Hill active in tuition hike protest

By Janie Sircey | February 9

Occupy Chapel Hill will be one of the many voices at the tuition hike rally outside of the General Administration building today.