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UNC-system student leaders to discuss budget at meeting

By From staff and wire reports | November 19

The UNC Association of Student Governments will meet this weekend at UNC-Asheville to discuss the organization’s finances. The association is funded ...

UNC-system students find it difficult to change majors

By Madeline Will | November 18

University administrators at system schools are considering a change that will alleviate the pressures put on students when they change their major.

UNC-system revised tuition policy could allow schools to go above cap

By Elise Young | November 17

A provision in the revised UNC-system tuition policy could allow universities to increase tuition above the set limits, but administrators are still unsure ...

UNC-Greensboro game bans Nerf guns

By Danielle Stephenson | November 16

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 ...

UNC-system president Erskine Bowles to step down

By Estes Gould | November 9

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 ...

Chancellor Holden Thorp answers audience questions on UNC issues including innovation and budget cuts at the open house on Monday.

Thorp prepares for budget cuts, "tough choices" from new state legislature

By Eliza Kern and Pooja Chandramouleeswaran | November 9

Chancellor Holden Thorp said administrators are unsure of how Republicans will form their leadership and craft the state budget, but that the University ...

Board of Governors says goodbye to Bowles

By Jen Serdetchnaia | November 5

True to his personality, UNC-system President Erskine Bowles did not want a “hoopla” for a farewell. Board of Governors members took their last ...

Bowles proposes minimum budget

By Isabella Cochrane | November 4

The UNC-system Board of Governors spelled out what a 5 and 10 percent cut would mean for the system at its last meeting of the year Thursday. The board ...

UNC-system Board of Governors to prepare final budget

By Elizabeth Johnson | November 3

The UNC-system Board of Governors is expected to make final revisions to the system’s proposed budget and tuition policy at its last meeting of the ...

ASG grants $4,500 to five UNC-system schools

By Isabella Cochrane | October 31

RALEIGH — Student leaders from across the state awarded funds on Saturday to UNC-system schools for projects to help improve their campuses. Members ...

UNC-system leaders propose change to state-fund aid

By Elise Young | October 27

If a recommendation for simplifying the state’s financial-aid system is followed, students from similar economic circumstances in the UNC system would ...

Board of Govenors to examine peer institutions' tuitions

By Jessica Seaman | October 26

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 ...

Pearce & Pearce plan insures a quarter of UNC students

By Jen Serdetchnaia | October 18

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 ...

UNC system looks to expand online, distance-learning programs

By Isabella Cochrane | October 17

With extensive budget cuts looming, members of the UNC-system Board of Governors want universities to move toward a less traditional form of education. ...

UNC-system leaders paid less

By Caroline Dye | October 17

The UNC system’s top administrators are paid less than their colleagues at peer institutions, making them the targets of poaching attempts by rival ...

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

By Editorial Board | October 10

The president of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments should be able to vote during the Board of Governors’ meetings. Atul Bhula, the ...

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

By Daniel Wiser | October 10

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 | October 7

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’ ...

UNC system prepares for more budget cuts

By Tarini Parti | October 7

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 ...

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

By Tarini Parti | October 6

Discussion concerning the UNC system’s budget for next year and potential tuition increases will start in earnest at the Board of Governors’ meeting ...