Conceived in 1908, completed in 1913, then torn down in 2018, Silent Sam was a lightning rod symbol on UNC's campus for over 100 years. Even now, as the one-year anniversary of its toppling approaches and the statue remains hidden in storage, Silent Sam continues to spark conversations on race and history.
Members of the campus safety commission say there's a "crisis of trust" at UNC between law enforcement and the community. Thomas Younce has a wide background in many realms of policing, and experience as an Air Force captain.
“There you are, I’ve been waiting.” UNC students and leaders are closing the books on an excavation series in Huqoq, Isreal, but not without immense success.
After a Board of Governors member interfered with a chancellor search at Western Carolina University by independently contracting a firm to look into a finalist's background, the BOG reformed the guidelines of the process. Multiple third-party search firms will be involved, as well as deep background checks. UNC will foot the bill for most of it. UNC system president Bill Roper came to a Board of Trustees meeting to brief the board on the revamped selection process, which will get underway with the selection of a diverse search committee. The search committee will work with a firm contracted to find suitable candidates, but the firms' business model leads to an emphasis on confidentiality, keeping the public out of the process. A University of Florida professor explains how external firms have taken power away from students and community members by conducting interviews by airports to keep chancellor candidates' identities a secret.
The University has seen a large turnover in its administration over the past year. Here's a recap of who has left the University since the beginning of last school year.
Although the new rule will remove ambiguity from the AP policies, each university’s board of trustees will have the option to grant exceptions to individual course requirements.
During the Board of Governors meeting a report aiming to make UNC system athletics more transparent was revealed. Here are the findings of this report.
The Board of Governors met this week to discuss issues with campus security, with students voicing their concerns about the BOG's handling of safety issues, including Silent Sam.
The Board of Governors extended their deadline on deciding the fate of Silent Sam until May. Here's what the Board of Governors has said about the plan of action for the confederate monument.
Kelli R. Brown will assume the position of the 12th chancellor of Western Carolina University in July. Brown was elected by the WCU Board of Governors on Thursday, bringing a legacy of success to the chancellor-less University
Democratic senators across the country have been discussing how to create accountability for colleges and universities on student loan defaulting.
Donald Hornstein, a winner of the 2019 Award of Excellence in Teaching selected by the UNC Board of Governors, has been teaching "Environmental Law and Policy" for around a decade.
On Thursday, the Triangle Business Journal released emails from former Chancellor Carol Folt, drafting the public announcement of her resignation and the removal of Silent Sam's base.
A new proposed bill in the North Carolina Senate would allow DACA recipients to pay in-state tuition at UNC-system schools, allowing more affordable access to post-secondary education.
N.C. Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Anson, introduced a bill that would make out-of-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State to pay $5,000 more in tuition for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Cates was named chairperson in 1999, making her the first woman to lead the BOT in its history of over 200 years.
The proposal attempts to reform the Higher Education Act, which is overdue for an update, but this has significant implications for financial aid long term.
The UNC Board of Governors met Friday morning to discuss systemwide chancellor searches, work with state legislature, student fees and tuition and the lack of representation among new appointments.
A new report conducted by Carolina Demography and the John M. Belk Endowment identifies gaps within North Carolina’s educational pipeline in the hopes of improving education attainment for certain demographic groups and strengthening in-state talent.
Student mental health is a growing concern at many North Carolina universities: with the past five years, the number of students seeking campus psychological services have seen an incline. According to Chris Hogan, the director of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at App State, the counseling center at App State saw 2,500 students in the 2017-18 academic year, which is almost 1,000 more than numbers five years ago.
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