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UNC-system leaders propose change to state-fund aid

By Elise Young | Oct. 27, 2010

If a recommendation for simplifying the state’s financial-aid system is followed, students from similar economic circumstances in the UNC system would be receiving the same amount of aid, regardless of the tuition costs they pay. At the request of the UNC and N.C. community college systems’ presidents, a work group comprised of state education officials studied simplifying the financial-aid system and recommended standardizing a formula for calculating aid awards for students and consolidating three sources of state financial aid into one.

Board of Govenors to examine peer institutions' tuitions

By Jessica Seaman | Oct. 26, 2010

Fluctuating tuition from UNC-CH’s peer institutions might soon have a bigger impact on the University. The UNC-system Board of Governors will review peer institutions for schools in the UNC system in the spring, and administrators say this reevaluation might give more leeway in increasing tuition.

Pearce & Pearce plan insures a quarter of UNC students

By Jen Serdetchnaia | Oct. 18, 2010

Because so many students chose the new insurance plan offered by the UNC system, the cost of the plan is likely to stay constant. At the end of the process to appeal the automatic Pearce & Pearce coverage last Thursday, 7,041 students at UNC-CH were enrolled — about 26 percent, said Dr. Mary Covington, executive director for UNC Campus Health Services.

UNC system looks to expand online, distance-learning programs

By Isabella Cochrane | Oct. 17, 2010

With extensive budget cuts looming, members of the UNC-system Board of Governors want universities to move toward a less traditional form of education. Administrators say they want to expand the already growing online and distance learning programs offered by campuses to alleviate the inevitable cuts next year while staying competitive among peer institutions.

UNC-system leaders paid less

By Caroline Dye | Oct. 17, 2010

The UNC system’s top administrators are paid less than their colleagues at peer institutions, making them the targets of poaching attempts by rival institutions looking to lure away the universities’ chancellors. Twelve of the system’s 15 university chancellors are paid less than the average compensation offered by peer institutions, according to a recent study conducted by the General Administration.

Many ASG presidents have fought for a vote on the Board of Governors: It's time to realize that goal

By Editorial Board | Oct. 10, 2010

The president of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments should be able to vote during the Board of Governors’ meetings. Atul Bhula, the current president of ASG, has done the right thing by making obtaining this privilege his goal.

UNC SERVES program aims to improve UNC-system schools' accessibility for veterans and military students

By Daniel Wiser | Oct. 10, 2010

Adjusting to college life is never easy for incoming students — especially if they are transferring from a foreign battlefield.

NCAA investigation to last over a year

By Sara Gregory | Oct. 7, 2010

UNC expects to be working with NCAA investigators for at least a year, Chancellor Holden Thorp told UNC-system leaders Thursday. The individual student-athletes’ fates will be resolved much faster but “we’re only a little bit of the way into the NCAA process,” Thorp told Board of Governors members.

UNC system prepares for more budget cuts

By Tarini Parti | Oct. 7, 2010

Universities in the UNC system should plan on cutting their budgets by at least 10 percent and prepare to face a tough fight against legislators, the system’s President Erskine Bowles said Thursday. At their monthly meeting, Bowles and members of the UNC-system Board of Governors began drafting their budget request for next year to send to the N.C. General Assembly in November.

Board of Governors to discuss UNC-system budget issues, tuition increases

By Tarini Parti | Oct. 6, 2010

Discussion concerning the UNC system’s budget for next year and potential tuition increases will start in earnest at the Board of Governors’ meeting today. The board will be going through recommendations to update the Four Year Tuition Plan.

Board of Govenors considering credit hour tuition

By Isabella Cochrane | Oct. 3, 2010

A recommendation to the UNC-system Board of Governors to charge tuition by the credit hour could inhibit students from taking more classes.

Board of Governors meet with Thorp and Baddour

Sep. 9, 2010

The UNC-system Board of Governors met with UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp and Athletic Director Dick Baddour Thursday at their meeting to discuss the NCAA investigation into academic infractions.

UNC system lauds Teach for America

By Ariel Zirulnick | Apr. 9, 2010

A sweeping study of North Carolina’s K-12 teachers concluded that those who come to the classroom from Teach for America consistently outperform the rest of the state’s newer educators.It also reflected a growing number in N.C. classrooms of inexperienced teachers, which study leaders cited as the biggest obstacle to K-12 student success.

Bowles chooses next chief financial officer

By Ariel Zirulnick | Mar. 26, 2010

UNC-system President Erskine Bowles announced Friday that he had chosen who would replace the system's outgoing chief financial officer.

UNC-system president search aims to keep costs down

By Jeanna Smialek | Mar. 26, 2010

Outgoing UNC-system President Erskine Bowles manages 16 more schools than UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp — and only makes about $60,000 more a year.But members of one of the committees helping to find Bowles’ replacement said the next system president needs to make substantially more than any of the system chancellors.

UNC system, Marines to partner

By Joe Mangun | Feb. 23, 2010

The UNC system is taking another step to strengthen its ties with the military. UNC-system President Erskine Bowles will sign an agreement with the U.S. Marines Corps Forces Special Operations Command and Marine Corps Installations East today to cement a partnership between the two groups.

BOG ?nishes long-standing plans

By Tarini Parti | Jan. 10, 2010

The UNC system Board of Governors tied up several loose ends, such as UNC-Charlotte’s potential football program, paid leave policy for university presidents and chancellors, and a policy for dealing with hate crimes at its meetings Thursday and Friday. Increasing fees for football

Insurance plan to be decided in January

By Emily Stephenson | Dec. 8, 2009

Student health insurance premiums in 2010 would be about one-third the current rate at UNC-Chapel Hill under projections presented Monday for a plan to be offered on all UNC-system campuses.All students in the system will be required to have health insurance by the next school year, as mandated by the Board of Governors.

Administrator salary policy moving forward

By Jeanna Smialek and Ariel Zirulnick | Nov. 13, 2009

A controversial policy governing salaries and paid leave for administrators took a step forward Thursday after months of stalls.The personnel and tenure committee of the UNC-system Board of Governors passed the “retreat rights” policy for chancellors and presidents, which means the full board can discuss it at its next meeting in January.

UNC-system President Erskine Bowles, left, and Lt. Gen. John Mulholland Jr. signed an agreement Thursday.

UNC system, Army tout partnership’s potential

By Ariel Zirulnick | Nov. 13, 2009

A formal partnership between the UNC system and U.S. Army Special Operations Command made so much sense to both parties that it seemed silly to delay it.Only a year after Special Operations Command first approached the UNC system, the two institutions signed an agreement that established the partnership.