New UNC President Peter Hans starts his job in two weeks and will have his hands full.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:37 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Incoming University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans has accepted a $400,000 base salary — significantly less than the earnings of some peers and predecessors.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 5:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A search committee is at work to select the next president of the 16 campus UNC System.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2019 @ 7:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Silent Sam - the controversial Confederate statue that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill's campus - may turn into a rallying election issue for liberal activists, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors told Carolina Journal.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Founding UNC President Bill Friday was fond of boasting that our universities were the "crown jewels" of our state. Friday welcomed the restructuring of all public universities into a consolidated system in the 1970s, but he disagreed with the 32-member Board of Governors
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 @ 3:17 am
By: Tom Campbell
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UNC system president Margaret Spellings announced Thursday that four recent UNC system graduates will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2017-18 academic year
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC President Margaret Spellings issued the following statement in response to the General Assembly's 2017-19 Biennial Budget
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 @ 11:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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John Fennebresque's friends and coworkers call him "Czar." That appears to be a fitting nickname, for his imperious exercise of authority was his downfall as chairman of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 12:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It appears - according to some email that got sent out today - that Tim and Phil are concerned about how the search for a new UNC president is going.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Steve Logan, former East Carolina University head football coach, recently remarked that things don't usually turn out well for head coaches. The same is often true for anyone who serves "at the pleasure" of someone or some group. UNC President Tom Ross is the latest example.
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 @ 2:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Our colleges and universities face critical challenges. America once boasted the best higher education in the world, the leader in the number attaining higher education. Now we rank 10th.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Two committees headed by UNC officials have signed off on a strategic plan that is better than past plans.
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 1:37 am
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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