UNC Chapel Hill already has the lowest standing of any of North Carolina’s state universities in the annual FIRE College Free Speech Rankings, and that might not be getting better anytime soon. The Daily Tar Heel in a recent series of articles has highlighted the campus administration’s move to first cover and then take down a student-created mural that had […]
If you’re at all familiar with how town-gown politics usually roll in Chapel Hill, the lack of public dispute about UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ hopes of boosting the flagship university’s enrollment is … unusual, to put it mildly. But there might be a reason for that. Namely, hope. State Sen. Graig Meyer, D-Orange, says […]
UNC Chapel Hill law school dean Martin Brinkley says he’s going to step down as soon as Chancellor Lee Roberts can hire a successor, or at the end of the 2025-26 academic year, whichever comes first. Brinkley has been the Chapel Hill law school’s dean since 2015, uniquely coming to the job from private practice […]
UNC Chapel Hill trustees have given Chancellor Lee Roberts and his aides permission to spend up to $8 million to begin planning a new, 600-bed dormitory for a site somewhere on campus. Approved Thursday, the move is the first step in a broader initiative that could see the institution add about 3,000 new beds, on […]
UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts’ push to expand enrollment at his institution by 5,000 students begs a couple questions, the first being why now, and the second being why hasn’t it been growing all along. Though there’s undoubtedly some economic factors too, the why now is partly a function of politics. The university’s admission […]
UNC Chapel Hill will jumpstart the process of enrollment growth by adding 500 students to the fall 2025 class, Chancellor Lee Roberts says. Speaking to a trustees committee, Roberts termed this “an important down payment” on what’s to come and added that he believes the university can accommodate the additional students. “It’s not easy, there […]
If personnel is policy, UNC Chapel Hill leaders want to position their institution to finally start building things on the former airport property off Chapel Hill’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A job posting that was scheduled to close on Monday sought applicants for a new “executive director for real estate development.” The new hire […]
