The University has met funding setbacks with innovation in the quest to maintain the promise of covering 100 percent of need for low-income students. read more
The University is helping launch a new alliance that aims to make a college degree possible for more students, regardless of their ability to pay. read more
Nearly 40,800 students have applied for admission to UNC for this fall. That total is as of Jan. 18 and reflects an increase of 13.7 percent from the previous year. It’s also the second-largest increase in the past 25 years. read more
The 4,254 first-year students expected to start classes this week were chosen from 35,875 applicants. An additional 779 students are arriving as transfer students. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors ordered the fine a day after the BOG’s Budget and Finance Committee had recommended the penalty be waived. read more
The pool of candidates — totaling 19,842 — was 16 percent larger than last year, marking the fourth consecutive year that Carolina has set a record for the number of early-action applicants. Students from North Carolina applying for an… read more
The coalition includes more than 80 U.S. public and private universities and colleges — including UNC, Duke and N.C. State — that have made a commitment to make college affordable and accessible for students from diverse backgrounds. read more
31,955 applied for admission 9,467, or 29.6 percent, were admitted 4,081, or 43.1 percent, are expected to enroll 59 percent female, 41 percent male 19 percent of those enrolling are… read more
Does the school name on our diplomas determine who we are? Not according to New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni ’86: “Your diploma is, or should be, the least of what defines you.” read more
With the close of the final deadline for first-year admission for fall 2015, the University has achieved a 10th consecutive record for first-year applications — an increase of 2 percent from a year earlier and up 37 percent from five years… read more