Higher Education News

Hoping to meet an increasing demand from students, Carolina launches its School of Data Science and Society By Eric Johnson ’08 Data is everywhere at Carolina. Political scientists use sophisticated algorithms to analyze… read more

The governing council of the American Association of University Professors passed a resolution in June “resoundingly” condemning the UNC System Board of Governors and the UNC System for perpetuating what it called a climate of institutional… read more

The strategy behind Carolina’s biggest fundraising campaign The University announced in January that it had surpassed the $4.25 billion goal for its campuswide fundraising drive almost a year before the campaign’s deadline. The Campaign for… read more

UNC ranked high in an annual survey of earned doctorates from 2016-20, including placing in the top five in doctorates awarded to Black or African American recipients at public institutions. The National Science Foundation’s annual Survey of… read more

The University announced today that it had surpassed the $4.25 billion goal for its campuswide fundraising drive months before the campaign was scheduled to end. The Campaign for Carolina, launched in October 2017 and scheduled to close this… 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

Chris Clemens will succeed Robert Blouin, who is stepping down after four years in the post, on Feb. 1. read more

It’s the first time three Tar Heels have been chosen in the same year for one of the world’s oldest and best-known scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. read more

An advocacy group that wants to end consideration of race in college admissions filed suit against UNC in 2014. read more