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UNC makes first financial ask to legislature

The University of North Carolina System will ask the General Assembly for roughly $45 million in one-time money to deal with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — all while cutting other budget requests to include only “must do” items.  But those requests may change, university officials said April 17, since UNC remains uncertain how its campuses...

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Student fees, other costs, pile up on bargain tuition at UNC schools

In North Carolina, the golden ticket for resident college hopefuls is $1,000 yearly tuition at a handful of public universities. But while the offer looks shiny, the final receipt may stun new students.   The General Assembly in 2016 made major tuition cuts at three University of North Carolina System campuses. The program, NC Promise, charges...

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Judge sets deadline for Silent Sam’s return to the UNC system 

Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour has given a local Confederate group 45 days to return Silent Sam to the University of North Carolina system.  Baddour filed the order Thursday, Feb. 20. The N.C. Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans must return the Confederate monument to the UNC System within the designated time....

Lindsay Marchello

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