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...
Money topped the list of needs from North Carolina’s institutions of higher education in a meeting Thursday, April 2, of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education Working Group. The economy won’t recover if colleges and universities aren’t there to prepare a workforce, higher education leaders told a bipartisan group of representatives. The coronavirus pandemic...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original version. College entrance exams are canceled or postponed nationwide due to the coronavirus outbreak. But North Carolina students who can’t retake tests to post a better SAT or ACT score on their fall college applications may still be accepted to a University of North Carolina...
If a Florida parent wants to see the personnel file for their child’s public school teacher, the school would hand it over. In North Carolina, that parent probably would be turned away, said media lawyer John Bussian, who represents Carolina Journal and other media outlets. That’s one reason North Carolinians should care about Sunshine Week...
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...
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...
Harry Smith has resigned as chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. Smith on Tuesday, Sept. 24, announced his resignation, effective Oct. 1. “The growing professional demands of a new business venture require Mr. Smith to step down,” UNC spokesman Jason Tyson wrote in a statement. The Greenville businessman has been surrounded...
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,...
The state budget impasse won’t affect recent college-bound graduates of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. University of North Carolina system leaders announced Thursday, Aug. 15, they have found a temporary funding source to provide tuition grants to the more than 170 graduates of NCSSM. In 2018, the General Assembly authorized a tuition...
Editor’s note: Carolina Journal has updated this story based on communications with UNC officials. The initial version of this story included information that UNC disputed. CJ regrets any misunderstanding. University of North Carolina Board Chairman Harry Smith says he never suggested that the interim UNC president should no longer be a candidate for the permanent...
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...
