When the election is certified, the graduate student workers will form the first graduate union at a private university in the South and one of the largest unions in North Carolina.
Joe Killian
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New UNC-Chapel Hill Policy All But Bans Asking Applicants About Racial Experiences
The university “shall not establish through application essays or other means” any proxies “premised upon race-based preferences in hiring or admissions,” the resolution reads.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Faces UNC Board of Governors Questions Over Tuition Plan
Kevin Guskiewicz appeared before a special meeting of the UNC System Board of Governors Wednesday to explain his plan to fully cover tuition and fees for in-state students whose families earn less than $80,000 a year.
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As UNC-Chapel Hill Announces Free Tuition, Political Appointees Raise Question, Push Back
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees “has not taken this up in any form or fashion,” said board chairman David Boliek.
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UNC Leaders, Faculty, and Political Leaders React to Affirmative Action Ruling
“The majority opinion does say it’s permissible for universities to consider applicants characterizations of how race has impacted their lives. As long as they consider that in a way closely related to attributes of character that will bring value to the university.”
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Ida B. Wells Society Canceled Programs for Young Journalists After UNC Withheld Millions in Funding
The university has yet to transfer all of the society’s funds—nearly $4 million—to its new home at Morehouse College.
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Dean Shares More Details About UNC-Chapel Hill’s Controversial New School
In January the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, whose members are political appointees of the legislature’s Republican majority, passed a resolution to accelerate the creation of the school.
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New Bill Would Eliminate Tenure for UNC System Faculty
The bill would make faculty at UNC System universities and community colleges at-will employees, or employees working on contracts ranging from one to four years.
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Transgender Sports Ban Passes In NC Senate
The Senate version also does not prohibit female athletes from playing on teams designated male, while the House version says that will be allowed only if there is no comparable female team.
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NC House Passes Transgender Sports Ban
All Republicans who were present voted for the bill, as did three Democrats: Reps. Shelly Willingham, Garland Pierce, and Michael Wray.