Members of the North Carolina General Assembly have spent years pursuing higher-education reform and reclaiming authority over the state’s university system. Legislators in other states have done likewise. Yet another…
Walk into almost any undergraduate classroom in the UNC System today, and one thing becomes immediately apparent: Men are often a minority. This is not something announced in orientation materials…
Referred to as “the university of the people” by alumnus Charles Kuralt in his iconic 1993 bicentennial address, UNC has a governance structure designed to ensure accountability to North Carolina’s…
Late last year, the Atlantic’s Rose Horowitch penned a widely shared essay on campus “disability accommodations,” the practice whereby students with learning disorders such as ADHD receive extra time on…
For families across North Carolina, the most confusing part of the college decision is no longer writing application essays but trying to pin down a price that often feels deliberately…
This policy brief analyzes North Carolina’s experience launching Project Kitty Hawk, a nonprofit project of the UNC System that works with North Carolina’s public universities to “build pathways for adult…
Concerns about crime and public safety are top of mind for many North Carolinians. Happily, university and community-college systems offering correctional-education programs can play a role in reducing recidivism. Partnerships…
Martin Center: You have noted that the current UNC System policy manual affirms that academic freedom is essential but does not offer a precise definition. And obviously this has been…
This fall, the University of North Carolina System enrolled more than 23,000 military-affiliated students, the largest number in its history. This milestone signals real change in a state recognized for…
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 mandates that all colleges accepting federal student loans post a net-price tuition calculator on their website. Yet recent years have seen the introduction…