The leader of the University of North Carolina System announced she is leaving her post after just 2 1/2 years on the job. UNC President Margaret Spellings, former U.S. secretary of education under the George W. Bush administration, offered her resignation Oct. 26, 2018. Her departure will be effective March 1, 2019. Spellings was elected...
Silent Sam — the controversial Confederate statue that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus — may turn into a rallying election issue for liberal activists, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors told Carolina Journal. “[Liberals] may use this as a campaign issue to try and get the statue...
Fewer than 20 percent of North Carolinians know about major tuition cuts at three state universities, but leaders of the University of North Carolina System are working to change that. Elizabeth City State University, UNC Pembroke, and Western Carolina University, under a program called NC Promise, now offer tuition of $500 per semester to in-state...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is poised to set a national example of allowing lawful protest while protecting free speech. But campus administrators and law enforcers so far have come up short, some experts say. As public universities bend under the force of rampant — sometimes violent — political unrest, all eyes...
Major tuition cuts are paying off at three North Carolina universities. Data released Aug. 31 show jumps in enrollment at a handful of schools in the University of North Carolina System. The change comes after the legislature’s 2016 passage of NC Promise, a plan to cut in-state tuition at Elizabeth City State University, UNC Pembroke,...
Rumors that East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton could lose his job are false, despite documents showing tension between Staton and the UNC system’s Board of Governors, board leader Harry Smith told Carolina Journal. Times have changed for Staton since 2016, when the board unanimously elected him to lead ECU. Opinions of the former Georgia...
Two former members of Western Carolina University’s board of trustees recommended Tom Fetzer as interim chancellor at the university, Fetzer told Carolina Journal after the UNC Board of Governors July 27 meeting in Chapel Hill. Fetzer is a member of the Board of Governors, lobbyist, former Raleigh mayor, and long-time Republican activist and consultant. The...
CARY — The University of North Carolina system is welcoming new ideas on ways to keep students in school. UNC is launching Student Success Innovation Labs, which allow researchers to test programs that will raise graduation rates across the 16-campus system, UNC President Margaret Spellings said Monday, June 4. The lab is basically a grant program,...
CHAPEL HILL — Stay in your lanes and keep pushing forward, the outgoing chairman of the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors said during an unusually emotional meeting to elect new board officers. Lou Bissette, an Asheville attorney and the BOG’s current leader, delivered a bittersweet speech before the board Thursday, May 24, making way...
RALEIGH — North Carolina has its work cut out in bolstering advanced education options for all state residents, says University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings. On Tuesday, April 3, Spellings updated state lawmakers on the status of My Future NC, a commission made up of education, business, and community leaders. The group’s purpose is to...
WILMINGTON — The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors should take a serious look at how it awards bonuses and pay raises for university administrators, Bob Rucho, a former state senator and current board member, told Carolina Journal. On Friday, March 23, the board approved a $95,000 bonus for UNC President Margaret Spellings, roughly 12...
