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Cooper names members to controversial new commission on UNC governance

Governor Roy Cooper has appointed members to his Governor's Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina. Earlier this month, Governor Cooper signed an Executive Order establishing the Commission tasked with recommending changes to how the University of North Carolina System is governed. However, that governance is already set in state law as the responsibility of the state legislature, so any changes would have to go through lawmakers.

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N.C. Community College System President Peter Hans elected to lead UNC

While the University of North Carolina System has a new president, the N.C. Community College System is left seeking applicants for its top job.   The UNC Board of Governors on Friday, June 19, unanimously elected NCCCS President Peter Hans to lead its 17-campus system. Hans, who took the community college job in 2018, is a...

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Promising to keep ‘foot on the pedal,’ Roper takes charge of UNC System

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...

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ECU’s Staton denies Carolina Journal story that he intends to resign

East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton has flatly denied any intent to resign early next year, contradicting sources Carolina Journal has cited. “I’m feeling today a little like I’m in the twilight zone. No, I have not accepted any kind of deal with anyone, and I certainly have not resigned as ECU’s chancellor, and that’s...

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Dr. William Roper, UNC Health Care CEO, to become interim president of UNC System

This story was updated noon Wednesday, Oct. 31. The University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors is expected to confirm Dr. William Roper, dean of UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care, as interim president of the UNC System, sources confirmed to Carolina Journal. The announcement comes just one...

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WCU chancellor search reveals rift between Spellings, BOG

The search for a new chancellor at Western Carolina University is exposing a growing and contentious divide between the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors and UNC President Margaret Spellings. On July 12, the full board was slated to vote on a nominee for WCU’s chancellorship, an official agenda released July 11 stated. The...

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Universities, community colleges vie for larger slice of fixed budget pie

Editor’s note: This story was modified after original publication to include comments from UNC President Margaret Spellings. As the N.C. General Assembly drops its state budget for 2018-19, North Carolina’s public colleges and universities vie for money to back career and technical education, employee raises, and system upgrades. The University of North Carolina and N.C....

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UNC president reflects on her first two years

CHAPEL HILL — Two years after taking her seat as president of the University of North Carolina, Margaret Spellings is “pleased, but not satisfied” with her work so far. It’s been a busy and chaotic climb. During her first year in office, Spellings, along with the UNC Board of Governors, developed a university policy to increase...

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Board of Governors meets about meetings

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is rethinking how it does business. A board subcommittee Oct. 4 held a “meeting to discuss meetings.” The BOG, which sets policies and approves university budgets, must meet at least six times a year. But those discussions are inefficient, board member Marty Kotis said....

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Spellings: Higher-ed challenges ID’d a decade ago persist

CHAPEL HILL — More than 10 years after the Commission on the Future of Higher Education assessed the plight of American universities, experts say the problems they identified remain entrenched, and new challenges strains educators even further. In 2005, then-U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, now president of the University of North Carolina, tasked the...

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UNC board: Center for Civil Rights not only option for pro-bono legal help

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights on Friday was officially banned from filing lawsuits. But low-income and minority residents still have options to get legal help, said UNC Board of Governors member Steve Long. The board voted 19-3 to end the ability of the CCR, and centers...

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