In October 2019, Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey was unanimously elected chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors. He’s had an eventful few months at the helm. Ramsey, president of boat-building company Jarrett Bay Boatworks, was named to the board in 2017 and became vice chair in 2018. As the successor of...
North Carolina’s budget stalemate is seriously affecting its public universities and may even cause enrollment cuts at three institutions participating in a reduced tuition program, say leaders of the University of North Carolina System. UNC’s Board of Governors is worried about the future of the 17 campus system after lawmakers failed to override Gov. Roy...
The University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors has a transparency problem. Again. This time, the board’s secretive handover of Confederate monument Silent Sam to the controversial Sons of Confederate Veterans organization has drawn public ire and scrutiny. A November deal with SCV, announced the day before Thanksgiving, took place behind closed doors and...
“No BOG, no racist UNC, no payout!” Forty protesters marched out of a Chapel Hill meeting room Friday, Dec. 13, raising their voices against a recent decision surrounding Silent Sam, the Confederate monument that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus. The protest, which was quiet and orderly compared to those at other UNC events,...
The University of North Carolina System wants to pay chancellors based on their quality of work. Members of the UNC Board of Governors Friday, Sept. 20, approved a resolution that would create incentive-based bonuses for top leaders at its 17 campuses. UNC interim President Bill Roper will craft a formula for doling out extra pay,...
Please sign a truce over the budget, University of North Carolina System interim President Dr. Bill Roper asks of the warring branches of state government. In the weeks-old budget battle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly, much is at stake for public higher education, Roper told Carolina Journal in an...
The University of North Carolina System is governed by confusion, and the problem is as much systemic as it is situational. Personal relationships and organizational uncertainty make it tough for UNC to function without conflict — and to manage its public image, says Andy Taylor, professor of political science at N. C. State University. Former...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information since its original publication. Dr. William Roper has officially taken the helm of the University of North Carolina System. UNC’s new interim president presented a welcome address Jan. 25 to the UNC Board of Governors, setting the tone for new leadership in the departure...
UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt is leaving her job at the end of the month. On Monday, Jan. 14, Folt announced her plans to leave her position in Chapel Hill at the end of the academic year and to remove Silent Sam’s pedestal from campus. Then, Tuesday, Jan. 15, after the controversial Confederate statue’s...
