UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts and vice provosts for libraries and artificial intelligence spoke at The Assembly’s second Newsmakers event.
Korie Dean
Korie Dean is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she covered higher ed as part of the state government and politics team. She grew up in Efland and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Two More UNC System Campuses Join New Accreditor
Appalachian State and N.C. Central will be part of an initial cohort of 10 universities seeking accreditation with the Commission for Public Higher Education.
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Vote to Raise In-State Tuition After All
It appeared administrators’ preferred plan to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 3 percent was dead. Then it rose again.
The Quad: Please Fix
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Proposed In-State Tuition Increase
Trustees directed the university’s CFO to come back with a new plan that wouldn’t increase in-state undergraduate tuition.
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Elon University to Start Private School For Children With Dyslexia
The plans to start the school, which the university says will be the first of its kind in the state, come at a time when Elon is taking big swings to raise its profile.
The Quad: A Genius Among Us
A UNC-CH epidemiologist won the $800,000 prize. Plus, a first for CPHE and an important date for Kevin Howell.
UNC Charlotte Pursues New Accreditor
UNC Charlotte is the first UNC System school to publicly get on board with the effort to start a new accrediting agency.
UNC-CH Tries to Poke Holes in Former Provost’s Lawsuit
The documents UNC-CH released don’t address Chris Clemens’ claim that trustees inappropriately met in private.


