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UNC system cuts 11 administrative positions

By Elise Young | October 23

The UNC system has been forced to cut vital resources in the classroom, and now it is cutting some of its leaders. The UNC General Administration, which ...

Student brand ambassadors market products on campus

By Katie Quine | October 18

To market their products to students on campus, companies are utilizing a novel approach: employing the students themselves.

Housekeeping advisory committee aims to ease tension in department

By John Rusnak | October 18

The University remains in the planning stages of reform in the housekeeping department. Positions of membership in the employee advisory committee, which ...

Bubba Cunningham to lead UNC athletics

By Kelly Parsons | October 16

After nearly a seven-week search, North Carolina Chancellor Holden Thorp introduced UNC’s next athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, at a press conference ...

UNC faculty committee reviews technology-assisted methods of detecting plagiarism

By Katharine McAnarney | October 10

The system of dealing with plagiarism and the costs of technology to faculty were reviewed at the faculty executive committee meeting Monday.

UNC system looks to tuition hikes to absorb budget cuts

By Elise Young | October 6

When the UNC system’s governing body met Thursday, discussions about how to absorb budget cuts and supplement them through other sources of revenue ...

Faculty advisory committee to honor system takes shape

By Caitlin McCabe | October 4

The revival of a faculty advisory committee to the honor system is already starting to take shape as the University attempts to restore the faculty’s ...

University's Housekeeping Services faces imminent changes

By Claire McNeill | October 2

After a consultant’s report unveiled problems of discrimination and inadequate management in Housekeeping Services, University administrators are starting ...

UNC system lacks funds to buy out tenured faculty

By Daniel Wiser | September 29

Plans to offer buyout packages to tenured faculty have been discussed as a viable option to cut costs and find savings at universities in the state.

End in sight for UNC diversity provost search

By Chelsea Bailey | September 29

With the selection of four candidates for the position of vice provost for diversity and multicultural affairs, the University has moved one step closer ...

Board of Trustees considers how to support student athletes

By Colleen Volz | September 21

Members of the Board of Trustees’ academic affairs committee questioned what the University is doing to address the support of student athletes at its ...

Top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs to join provost’s cabinet

By Nicole Comparato | September 20

The University’s top administrator for diversity and multicultural affairs will soon join the provost’s cabinet — a change administrators hope will ...

Faculty need more: Recent rankings show UNC needs to do more for faculty in trying times.

By Editorial Board | September 19

UNC needs to do more to ensure it is creating a supportive and enriching environment for faculty success and retention, or it risks losing its status ...

UNC language courses studied

September 15

UNC-system administrators are working to expand foreign language learning opportunities for students as part of an initiative they hope will save money ...

UNC system faculty retention rates suffer due to decrease in funds

By Madeline Will | September 14

A $10-million fund set in place to protect high-profile faculty in the UNC system has dwindled to nearly nothing.

UNC athletic head search continues

By Leah Campbell and Kelly Parsons | September 7

The 13-member committee tapped to select UNC’s next athletic director and the firm hired to lead the search met for the first time Wednesday to discuss ...

UNC’s athletic director search committee holds first meeting

By Kelly Parsons | August 28

The 13-member search committee that was formed to help find North Carolina’s next athletic director held its first meeting on Friday, at which the group ...

UNC keeps recent administration searches under wraps

By Paula Seligson | August 28

As the search for the University’s head of finance draws to a close, the search for a new athletic director is just beginning — with a familiar twist. ...

UNC announces new vice chancellor for finance and administration

By Elizabeth Johnson | August 28

After months of interviews and closed-door meetings, Chancellor Holden Thorp has recommended Karol Gray be named the next vice chancellor for finance ...

Talks continue in search for next dean of UNC journalism school

By Colleen Volz | August 18

Further talks between the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Susan King will be necessary before she accepts the position as dean of the ...