In a few days members of the North Carolina House and Senate will respectively name new members to the UNC Board of Governors (BOG).
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 10:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The University of North Carolina System won’t raise tuition and fees this year while students and their families struggle to stay financially afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 1:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey has been elected permanent chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Marty Kotis, a member of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, for years has pushed for more online learning programs from UNC’s college campuses.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 4:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In October 2019, Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey was unanimously elected chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 11:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The deal turns over the Confederate monument, which stood on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus for more than a century, to the Confederate group, along with a promised $2.5 million trust fund for the statue’s upkeep and eventual display.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Harry Smith, the former leader of the University of North Carolina System board, during his tenure was publicly described as “hands-on,” or “very involved” in the operations of the university system and its 17 campuses.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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One day after the University of North Carolina’s board chairman submitted his resignation, interim President Dr. Bill Roper has announced he’s not interested in permanently leading UNC.
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 10:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Vidant Health doesn’t understand why the North Carolina Senate wants to cut its funding.
Published: Saturday, June 1st, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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People wanting to learn the fate of Silent Sam will have to wait a bit longer
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The mom of five boys and a pediatrician for over thirty years, Dr. Joan Perry announced her campaign for the special election in North Carolina's Third Congressional District.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 11:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt will leave her job at the end of the academic year, and Silent Sam's pedestal is going with her, she announced to the UNC Board of Governors in an emergency closed session meeting Jan. 14.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 1:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Free speech is overwhelmingly popular in courtrooms around the United States, but the jury of public opinion doesn't support First Amendment rights, a conservative litigator and legal writer says
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dozens of protesters gathered in the rain outside the UNC Center for School Leadership Friday, Dec. 14, to protest the potential return of the Confederate statue dubbed "Silent Sam" to the UNC-Chapel Hill campus
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors says he's cutting ties with East Carolina University
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rumors that East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton could lose his job are false, despite documents showing tension between Staton and the UNC system's Board of Governors, board leader Harry Smith told Carolina Journal
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 2:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the Board of Governors meetings were broadcast they would become the top rated reality show on TV. There's something for everyone - humor, pathos, conflict, and, occasionally, a nugget of wisdom. Such was the case with the latest meeting
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:08 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors should take a serious look at how it awards bonuses and pay raises for university administrators, Bob Rucho, a former state senator and current board member, told Carolina Journal
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 6:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors could weigh in as early as this week on a state law requiring college campuses to protect free speech
Published: Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is one step closer to adopting rules that protect First Amendment rights on UNC campuses
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights on Friday was officially banned from filing lawsuits. But low-income and minority residents still have options to get legal help
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina has no business entering into lawsuits against cities, counties, and the state, Steve Long, a member of the UNC Board of Governors, has said for months
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A debate Thursday over legislation that would cut UNC's governing body from 32 to 24 members led to arguments over proportionate representation for the system's Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors has 32 members, and that's too many, say sponsors of a bill that would cut membership to 24
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most of our state's 16 public universities are thriving but the UNC Board of Governors and our General Assembly continue to look for solutions at struggling campuses in smaller communities and those with larger minority enrollments.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 4:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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However complicated you want to try to make it, the concept of free speech does not contain the right to shut other people up. Unfortunately, there is an entire movement of political activists right now who would not only disagree with my assertion but would seek to keep me from saying...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've provided a lot of coverage to the saga of Gene Nichol, the alleged law professor at UNC, who appears to do little more with his six-figure salary than publish articles bashing Republicans.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:41 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In recollecting 2015, I remember legendary CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite, who closed each evening's newscast by saying,
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:38 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Feb. 27, the UNC Board of Governors voted to close the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at its Chapel Hill campus. Many on the left and faculty within the UNC system argued the board's decision was political and an attack on academic freedom.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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