As the University system prepares for one of its toughest years in history, its Board of Governors today will tackle two big issues facing students — the rising cost of tuition and the depleting funds for financial aid.
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Although the implementation of the UNC system’s student health insurance was not without its glitches first semester, students and administrators say they were satisfied overall with the enrollment and the quality of coverage.
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UNC-system President Thomas Ross, former president of Davidson College who was chosen in August to lead the 17 institutions of the UNC system, has to deal with the constant reminder of losing millions more in funding from the N.C. General Assembly and the burden of protecting the academic quality of the system’s campuses.
Read More »It appeared as though the University would be forced to swallow another round of cuts, to chip away at course offerings, jobs and even financial aid.
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On Jan. 1, Thomas Ross will take office as the 17th UNC-system president. Ross, who is the current president at Davidson College, will be faced with mounting budget cuts and a state budget shortfall of $3.5 billion.
Read More »The Daily Tar Heel talked to UNC-system President-elect Thomas Ross, who will take office Jan 1. Ross discussed his opinions on tuition, budget cuts and his priorities for the system.
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In less than a month, UNC-system President-elect Thomas Ross will end his four month transition period and take office. On Jan. 1, Ross, who currently serves as president of Davidson College, will inherit a University system facing unprecedented budget cuts and proposals for steep tuition increases.
Read More »Gov. Bev Perdue said recently that public universities should seek more private funding to offset the impending huge cuts to state appropriations. On its face, her plan makes sense. The state is going to have to make substantial cuts in order to balance this year’s budget. One way UNC could deal with those cuts is to seek funding from other sources like private donors.
Read More »The state might be advising UNC-system schools to rely more on private donors, but administrators say money from those sources will not come close to covering their costs.
Read More »A recent report found errors in the way the UNC system funds its 15 higher education institutions, which could provide the final push for altering the current funding model. A portion of the funding for schools is based on enrollment growth or change in student credit hours from the previous year.
Read More »Campus police at UNC-Greensboro are considering implementing alert devices to strengthen safety, but lack of funding may prevent the change. The device, which has been developed by New Centurion Solutions, Inc., would improve alert notifications and police response times on campus, said Paul Lester, assistant chief of police.
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Katie Wordsworth, a freshman biology major, said she needs every cent of her financial aid grants to achieve her dream of becoming an oncologist. Once accepted to UNC, her decision to attend was an easy one — it was the only school to promise her a debt-free education through the Carolina Covenant scholarship.
Read More »North Carolina law states that alcoholic beverages cannot be sold in student facilities on the UNC- system campus. But two public universities in Western North Carolina have found loopholes. On select nights at Appalachian State University hundreds of students gather at Legends, an on-campus venue, to listen to music and drink beer.
Read More »Universities across the UNC system are proposing tuition hikes well above the average in response to the state’s expected $3.5 billion budget shortfall. And with the change in control of the N.C. General Assembly, the final cost, as well as where the revenue from the increases will go, remains unknown.
Read More »Hundreds of copies of the N.C. Central University student newspaper have been found either moved without permission or trashed. After Campus Echo, the student-led newspaper, released two controversial stories in October and November, there were several incidences of illicit moving and trashing of copies in bulk.
Read More »The UNC Association of Student Governments will meet this weekend at UNC-Asheville to discuss the organization’s finances. The association is funded with a $1 fee from every student in the UNC system. Atul Bhula, the president of ASG, said the association will be voting on items in the organization’s allotted budget at the meeting.
Read More »University administrators at system schools are considering a change that will alleviate the pressures put on students when they change their major.
Read More »A provision in the revised UNC-system tuition policy could allow universities to increase tuition above the set limits, but administrators are still unsure how those requests for increases will be handled. The current plan caps tuition increases for resident undergraduate students at 6.5 percent, and the revised policy will continue that limit while giving campuses an opportunity to increase tuition more than the cap in extenuating circumstances.
Read More »A change in regulation for the Humans vs. Zombies game on the UNC-Greensboro campus eased community concerns, but at the cost of some student participation. Eliminating the use of Nerf blasters was the main rule change to the game this semester, said UNC-G Campus Chief of Police Jamie Herring.
Read More »The UNC-system Board of Governors bid goodbye to the system’s President Erskine Bowles at its last meeting of the year Friday. After five years of guiding the university system through an economic crisis and budget cuts, Bowles will officially step down from his post Dec. 31.
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