Nov. 11, 2019
I spotted something odd when Dad and I were in a retail store when I was 6. I pointed and said, “Daddy, what is that?” I had never seen a “Whites Only” sign hanging over a...
Read MoreSept. 12, 2019
During a Carolina chancellor search 32 years ago — and after an exhaustive review that included interviews with 138 alumni, legislators, editors, students, faculty, University administrators, trustees and others — the review team issued a...
Read MoreJuly 2, 2019
More than a quarter of a century ago, famed journalist Charles Kuralt ’55 spoke at our University’s Bicentennial Observance opening ceremonies. In his remarks to more than 30,000 in Kenan Stadium that evening, he explained...
Read MoreDouglas S. Dibbert ’70
In 1971, the N.C. General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Board of Governors and creating the UNC System for Higher Education. As the UNC System welcomes its sixth president, Margaret Spellings, it seems timely to review important data about these 16 universities.
Never in the system’s history have North Carolinians benefited more from these universities’ combined teaching, discovery and service. It’s no secret that Carolina is the oldest and highest ranked among the 16, but some may be surprised that Carolina is not the largest in terms of enrollment and that our percentage of revenues from state appropriations is the lowest of the 16.
Yours at Carolina,
Douglas S. Dibbert ’70