Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz speaks to the press outside the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard oral arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as a factor in admissions decisions, Oct. 31, 2022. “Today was about the value of diversity, a fundamental value that is core to our mission at Carolina,” he said. “This is about bringing and building a class every year of students at Carolina that will go on to become the civic leaders that we are going to count on to protect that democracy that has been threatened at times.” Photo: Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images
11.1.22 | Admissions, Carolina Alumni Review, Issues
Lawyers representing Carolina and Harvard spent hours on Monday facing skeptical questions from the U.S. Supreme Court, which seems poised to rethink — and make dramatic changes to — the role of race in American college admissions. In two…
Today before the nation’s highest court, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz will defend the University’s inclusion of race as one factor in determining admission at UNC. Guskiewicz and University attorneys will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court to… read more
University officials last month filed a response brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a lawsuit challenging how universities select and educate students, arguing the plaintiff lacks standing in the case. The court plans to hear oral… read more
The associate provost and director in the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid had been serving in the interim role since November 2020. read more
An advocacy group that wants to end consideration of race in college admissions filed suit against UNC in 2014. read more
The Visitors Center has converted its “Sense of Place” tour into a Zoom experience — and everyone is welcome to sign up. read more
For the 16th consecutive year, the University received a record number of first-year undergraduate applications — 53,735, to be exact. read more
Carolina welcomed 4,195 first-year students and 852 transfer students to campus to begin the 2019-20 academic year. read more
The 44,784 applications for fall 2019 reflect a 3 percent increase over applicants for fall 2018. read more
The first-year class includes the highest numbers of first-generation college students and students from North Carolina’s rural counties since the University began collecting this data 15 years ago. read more