The University has tacked on another $750 annual tuition increase, effective this fall, in an effort to keep academic programs viable in the face of a reduction in state funding of about 5 percent. This comes on top of increases approved in… read more
As a $19 billion state budget was signed this week, Carolina was: Looking at a cut of about 5 percent, as it had expected; Weighing a tuition increase of $750 in addition to an increase already approved for this fall; and Breathing easier… read more
Tuition increases for undergraduates and graduate students, approved by UNC’s trustees last fall, have been approved by the UNC System Board of Governors. The BOG voted Friday to increase tuition 5.2 percent for all undergraduate students and 3.7… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees voted its approval this week of a 5.2 percent tuition increase for all undergraduate students and a 3.7 percent hike for graduate students. Most of new revenue would go to N.C. General Fund. The board also recommended an… read more
About 350 masqueraders — from angels and devils to Jon and Kate and Cruella de Vil and Dalmatians — danced away the night before Halloween at The Carolina Inn to raise $12,000 for the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship Fund. The fund is named for… read more
A UNC program that helps North Carolina high school seniors realize the goal of attending college is expanding with help from a national foundation based in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund has created a matching-grant program that… read more
The Carolina Covenant program has helped almost 1,800 academically prepared students from low-income homes pay for college since its inception in 2004. Now five years later, and in a more pressing economic time, there are hard numbers to back up… read more
The UNC trustees have agreed unanimously to raise tuition $240 for in-state undergraduates — the maximum allowable under a 6.5 percent cap imposed by the UNC System Board of Governors — for the 2009-10 school year. The campus pulse on… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has recommended a $240 tuition increase for N.C. resident undergraduates for the 2009-10 school year, the maximum allowed under a 6.5 percent cap imposed by the UNC System Board of Governors. In a letter to the Board… read more
Tuition is likely to rise next year 6.5 percent for in-state undergraduates and between 4.4 percent and 6.5 percent for out-of-state students under a recommendation from UNC’s Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force. The 6.5 figure is the limit; UNC… read more