- BOG: Change to chancellor searches, no tuition refundsCHAPEL HILL (July 24, 2020) – The UNC System Board of Governors declared yesterday that there will be no refunds of student tuition and fees if university classes must shift ...Read more
- Hans: ‘Opportunity for all… all North Carolinians’CHAPEL HILL (June 19, 2020) – Peter Hans is just 50 years old. But he has already spent decades preparing for his new job as President of the 17-campus University ...Read more
- Former CDC Director: ‘Maybe that’s why I’m here’CHAPEL HILL – Though normally quite reserved, Bill Roper gets personal as he discusses his and the UNC System’s approach to reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 17 institutions ...Read more
- Roper: ‘Preparing for whatever scenario comes’CHAPEL HILL – It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as president of your university during a global pandemic. In a series ...Read more
- UNC System works to make online betterCHAPEL HILL – UNC System officials know many students weren’t happy with the makeshift courses they abruptly shifted to take online this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. So, not knowing ...Read more
- UNC System freezes tuition for 2020-21CHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – The UNC System’s governing board voted Wednesday to freeze tuition and fees at North Carolina’s 16 public universities for 2020-21. Because state law locks tuition ...Read more
- BOG talks sanctions for rogue members; Fetzer resignsCHAPEL HILL (May 20, 2020) – After scandals involving trustees who tried to influence a student election and a member who conducted his own investigations of a job candidate and ...Read more
- The UNC System’s challenges and opportunitiesCHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey doesn’t shy away from discussing the challenges facing the University of North Carolina System. “There are a lot of challenges facing the System,” the Chair of ...Read more
- Ramsey: Calm and directCHAPEL HILL – Randy Ramsey openly acknowledges there’s been strife on the UNC Board of Governors. But the Chair of the 24-person board says every member wants what’s best for the ...Read more
- Ramsey: Most important decision of the decadeUNC System InterimPresident Bill Roper CHAPEL HILL – The search for a new UNC System president has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said last week. But a practiced ...Read more