UNC System

Out of all the institutions that gutted DEI programs, UNC-Chapel Hill’s administration cut the most.

The UNC System sent the same guidance to every public university in the state, but each had a different plan for compliance.

The position eliminations are a direct result of the UNC Board of Governors repealing its policy mandating DEI offices at public universities and replacing it with one enshrining “institutional neutrality.”

Several universities have shuttered their DEI offices to comply with a new UNC System policy. LGBTQ+ advocates worry on- and off-campus voices will weaponize these changes against university centers, students, and faculty.

Several programs of diversity, equity and inclusion are at risk of elimination at North Carolina's flagship university after the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to scrap a previous diversity policy in May and replace it with a new one. Sept. 1 marks the deadline for implementing the new policy at UNC-Chapel Hill and 16 other public institutions.

WUNC reporter Brianna Atkinson sits down for an extended conversation with Lee Roberts, one day after he was named the 13th chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill

UNC System President Peter Hans made the announcement Friday morning, after the full UNC Board of Governors approved the selection. Hans called Lee Roberts "a calm, steady and focused leader."

Universities will split $10.7 million this year. Projections for the next sports betting provision is over twice as high.

Randy Woodson will leave N.C. State after 14 years as chancellor.

Universities are closing offices, making changes to job titles and shutting down DEI websites.