UNC officials are looking to strengthen financial penalties against any of the system’s four N.C. Promise universities that enroll too many first-time, first-year student from out of state. The prospective move, pending no earlier than January, comes after Fayetteville State University enrolled 43 more out-of-staters this fall than the 198 the system’s quotas would have […]
UNC System President Peter Hans intends to hire a new “chief AI officer” as part of a broader strategy to ensure the university’s 16 campuses aren’t left to deal with new technology on their own. The hire will “help us oversee AI strategy for the system and aid our campuses with their own integration,” Hans […]
Andrea Poole stepped down as executive director of the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to become chief of staff to UNC System President Peter Hans. Poole joined the authority in 2021 after working as vice president for strategic initiatives at the N.C. Community College System. She worked from 2013-19 at the UNC System office […]
UNC’s Board of Governors has ratified a new campus-protest policy that requires protest organizers to give administrators at their campus 24 hours’ notice if they gather indoors or in designated outdoor areas. The notice requirement applies to anything other than “university sponsored instruction, classes or research,” and to any group larger than a size set […]
Going into this week’s Board of Governors meeting, UNC System officials and campuses are reckoning this will be another year of holding the line against any increase of in-state tuition. Which is not to say the same’s true for other kinds of tuition and fees. Seven of the system’s 16 universities have proposed raising tuition […]
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 […]
