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Kevin Guskiewicz will be stepping down as chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill on Jan. 12. He is the third chancellor to leave the school in the past decade.
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UNC-Greensboro is conducting an academic program review, which could lead to program cuts. Students, faculty and the UNCG community are worried humanities programs might be the first to go.
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UNC-Wilmington went over their out-of-state student cap by 204 students.
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The UNC System Board of Governors allocated $3.7 billion from the General Assembly. This includes investments in faculty salary increases, athletics and rural healthcare.
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The UNC System's plans to keep tuition the same was met with concerns by some board members.
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The commission wants to increase the size of the UNC System Board of Governors and university trustee boards, and give new appointments to the governor and the minority party in the General Assembly.
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The new policy gives UNC System President Peter Hans a greater role in search committees for chancellors who lead public universities in North Carolina.
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N.C. Senate Republicans are facing criticism for their latest appointments to the UNC System Board of Governors. All six of the appointments are men and all but one are white.
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The board of governors holds with its plan to shield in-state undergraduate students from inflation by keeping tuition flat. Plus, influential Republican donor Art Pope argues for the board to take a more "proactive" approach to writing university budgets.
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The new funding model will base state funding for public universities in part on their ability to meet certain goals. Those metrics prioritize graduating more in-state students on time with less debt. University officials say they will face funding losses due to falling enrollment.