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176-561: A complaint against its board of governors, asking the system to default to online-only instruction for the fall. On August 17, UNC's management announced that the university would be moving all undergraduate classes online from August 19, becoming the first university to send students home after having reopened. Notable leaders of the university include the 26th Governor of North Carolina, David Lowry Swain (president 1835–1868); and Edwin Anderson Alderman (1896–1900), who
264-556: A quadrangle that runs north to Chapel Hill. This is named McCorkle Place after Samuel Eusebius McCorkle , who campaigned for the foundation of the university and was the original author of the bill requesting the university's charter . A second quadrangle, Polk Place, was built in the 1920s to the south of the original campus, with the South Building on its north side, and named after North Carolina native and university alumnus President James K. Polk . The Wilson Library
352-405: A yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 45.3%. UNC-Chapel Hill's freshman retention rate is 96.5%, with 91.9% going on to graduate within six years. Of the 60% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 29 and 33. Of the 15% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores;
440-526: A 15.6 percent increase in tuition , a historically large increase. The budget cuts in 2011 greatly affected the university and set this increased tuition plan in motion and UNC students protested. On February 10, 2012, the UNC Board of Governors approved tuition and fee increases of 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across all 16 campuses. In June 2018, the Department of Education found that
528-488: A GPA of 4.0 or higher on a weighted 4.0 scale. The most popular majors at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009 were biology, business administration, psychology, media and journalism, and political science. UNC-Chapel Hill also offers 300 study abroad programs in 70 countries. At the undergraduate level, all students must fulfill a number of general education requirements as part of the Making Connections curriculum, which
616-411: A community college until becoming a four-year institution in 1963. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , while chartered four years after Georgia in 1789, was the first state university to hold classes. Classes began at UNC in 1795, and UNC is the only state university to have graduated students in the 18th century. The University of South Carolina was chartered in 1801 and held classes for
704-559: A failure to monitor and lack of institutional control". In October 2017, the NCAA issued its findings and concluded "that the only violations in this case are the department chair's and the secretary's failure to cooperate". The South's Oldest Rivalry between North Carolina and its first opponent, the University of Virginia , was prominent throughout the first third of the twentieth century. The 119th meeting in football between two of
792-658: A path to a Navy commission. During the 1960s, the campus was the location of significant political protests. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , protests about local racial segregation which began quietly in Franklin Street restaurants led to mass demonstrations and disturbance. The climate of civil unrest prompted the 1963 Speaker Ban Law prohibiting speeches by communists on state campuses in North Carolina. This stand towards
880-551: A single legal entity and administration, but may consist of several institutions, each with its own identity as a university. Some states—such as California and Texas—support more than one such system. State universities get subsidies from their states. The amount of the subsidy varies from university to university and state to state, but the effect is to lower tuition costs below those of private universities for students from that state or district. As more Americans have attended college and private tuition rates have increased well beyond
968-530: A staff-run "hearing board". UNC-Chapel Hill's library system includes a number of individual libraries housed throughout the campus and holds more than 10 million combined print and electronic volumes. UNC-Chapel Hill's North Carolina Collection (NCC) is the largest and most comprehensive collection of holdings about any single state nationwide. The unparalleled assemblage of literary, visual, and artifactual materials documents four centuries of North Carolina history and culture. The North Carolina Collection
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#17327801381231056-609: A state university by acts of the legislature in 1945 and 1956. It became a 'System' with the absorptions of Newark University in 1946 and The College of South Jersey in 1950, becoming Rutgers' Newark and Camden campuses, respectively. Rutgers was chartered in 1766, nineteen years before the University of Georgia, but did not become the State University of New Jersey for another 179 years. Castleton University in Vermont
1144-530: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). The National Science Foundation ranked UNC–Chapel Hill ninth among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2023 with $ 1.5 billion. The campus covers 760 acres (310 ha), encompassing the Morehead Planetarium and
1232-601: Is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina , United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States . The university offers degrees in over 70 courses of study and is administratively divided into 13 separate professional schools and a primary unit, the College of Arts & Sciences. It
1320-612: Is a large recipient of National Institute of Health grants and funds. For fiscal year 2020, the university received $ 509.9 million in NIH funds for research. This amount makes Chapel Hill the 10th overall recipient of research funds in the nation by the NIH. For decades, UNC-Chapel Hill has offered an undergraduate merit scholarship known as the Morehead-Cain Scholarship . Recipients receive full tuition, room and board, books, and funds for summer study for four years. Since
1408-559: Is also the oldest state university that has continuously operated as a public institution), with the other developing states similarly creating public universities to serve the citizens. On a national basis, the state university system was also assisted by the establishment of the Land-grant universities , under the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890. Many state universities were founded in
1496-570: Is at the south end of Polk Place. McCorkle Place and Polk Place are both in what is the northern part of the campus in the 21st century, along with the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, and the Davis, House, and Wilson libraries. Most university classrooms are located in this area, along with several undergraduate residence halls. The middle part of the campus includes Fetzer Field and Woollen Gymnasium along with
1584-722: Is housed in Wilson Library , named after Louis Round Wilson , along with the Southern Historical Collection , the Rare Books Collection, and the Southern Folklife Collection . The university is home to ibiblio , one of the world's largest collections of freely available information including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. The Davis Library, situated near
1672-650: Is the oldest state university in New England, chartered in 1787. This was soon followed by the charter of The University of Vermont (UVM) in 1791. However, neither institution was a "state university" in the modern sense of the term until many decades later. Castleton began as the Rutland County Grammar School. It did not become a postsecondary institution until the campus became home to the State Normal School in 1867. Although
1760-860: The California Community Colleges System , the Florida College System , and the Technical College System of Georgia . In these states, colleges focus primarily on awarding two-year associate's degrees and professional certificates , while universities focus on four-year bachelor's degrees and more advanced degrees. During the growth and restructuring of the state systems, names such as University of California have changed their meanings over time. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC , UNC-Chapel Hill , or simply Carolina )
1848-565: The Sears Directors Cup "all-sports national championship" awarded for cumulative performance in NCAA competition. Consensus collegiate national athletes of the year from North Carolina include Rachel Dawson in field hockey; Phil Ford , Tyler Hansbrough , Antawn Jamison , Vince Carter , James Worthy and Michael Jordan in men's basketball; and Mia Hamm (twice), Shannon Higgins , Kristine Lilly , and Tisha Venturini in women's soccer. The university's teams are nicknamed
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#17327801381231936-701: The University of California and the California State University as four-year university systems, and the California Community Colleges as its community college system. Texas has seven state university systems (one of which currently consists of only one institution), plus one independent public university. There is much diversity between the states in terms of how governing power is distributed between boards of regents (or trustees), presidents, chancellors, provosts, and other senior university executives. At one end of
2024-538: The " Tar Heels ", in reference to the state's eighteenth-century prominence as a tar and pitch producer. The nickname's cultural relevance, however, has a complex history that includes anecdotal tales from both the American Civil War and the American Revolution . The mascot is a live Dorset ram named Rameses , a tradition that dates back to 1924, when the team manager brought a ram to
2112-583: The "Carolina First" fundraising campaign and an endowment that increased fourfold to more than $ 2 billion within ten years. Professor Oliver Smithies was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2007 for his work in genetics. Additionally, Professor Aziz Sancar was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015 for his work in understanding the molecular repair mechanisms of DNA . In 2011,
2200-442: The "University of North Carolina" for athletics. As of Fall 2011, the university had won 40 NCAA team championships in six different sports, eighth all-time. These include twenty one NCAA championships in women's soccer , six in women's field hockey , four in men's lacrosse , six in men's basketball , one in women's basketball , and two in men's soccer . The Men's basketball team won its 6th NCAA basketball championship in 2017,
2288-557: The Academy of Richmond County, chartered in 1783 with instruction beginning in 1785. While the academy, later known as Augusta State University and now merged into Augusta University , was founded as a high school, it taught college-level classes from its creation, and its graduates were accepted into four-year colleges as sophomores or juniors, effectively making it a combination of a modern high school and community college. The school eventually dropped high school instruction, but remained
2376-559: The American South , a free public access website of "digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture." The project began in 1996. In 2009 the library launched the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, a statewide digital library, in partnership with other organizations. For 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 4th among
2464-649: The Carolina, Colonel Robinson, Johnston and Pogue Scholars programs. In 2003, Chancellor James Moeser announced the Carolina Covenant, wherein UNC offers a debt free education to low-income students who are accepted to the university. The program was the first of its kind at a public university and the second overall in the nation (following Princeton University ). About 80 other universities have since followed suit. North Carolina's athletic teams are known as
2552-516: The Chancellor of UNC from 1945 to 1957, and opened in 1968. In 2001, the R.B. House Undergraduate Library underwent a $ 9.9 million renovation that modernized the furnishings, equipment, and infrastructure of the building. Prior to the construction of Davis, Wilson Library was the university's main library, but now Wilson hosts special events and houses special collections, rare books, and temporary exhibits. The library oversees Documenting
2640-467: The Dean Smith era, challenged "The Carolina Way" image. The report alleged that at least 54 players during the Dean Smith era were enrolled in what came to be known as "paper classes". The report noted that the questionable classes began in the spring of 1993, the year of Smith's final championship, so those grades would not have been entered until after the championship game was played. In response to
2728-459: The Pit, is the main library and the largest academic facility and state-owned building in North Carolina. It was named after North Carolina philanthropist Walter Royal Davis and opened on February 6, 1984. The first book checked out of Davis Library was George Orwell 's 1984 . The R.B. House Undergraduate Library is located between the Pit area and Wilson Library. It is named after Robert B. House,
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2816-553: The Student Recreation Center, Kenan Memorial Stadium , Irwin Belk outdoor track, Eddie Smith Field House , Boshamer Stadium , Carmichael Auditorium , Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History , School of Government, School of Law , George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Ram's Head complex (with a dining hall, parking garage, grocery store, and gymnasium), and various residence halls. The southern part of
2904-912: The Tar Heels. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sub-level for football), primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since the 1953–54 season. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling ; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The NCAA refers to UNC-Chapel Hill as
2992-529: The Temple of Love in the Gardens of Versailles , in the same location as the original well that provided water for the school. The well stands at the south end of McCorkle Place, the northern quad, between two of the campus's oldest buildings, Old East , and Old West. The historic Playmakers Theatre is located on Cameron Avenue between McCorkle Place and Polk Place. It was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis ,
3080-466: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had violated Title IX in handling reports of sexual assault , five years after four students and an administrator filed complaints. The university was also featured in The Hunting Ground , a 2015 documentary about sexual assault on college campuses . Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino , two students featured in the film, helped to establish
3168-621: The University's Carr Hall, which was named after Julian Carr, was renamed the "Student Affairs Building". Carr had supported white supremacy and also the Ku Klux Klan. After reopening its campus in August 2020, UNC-Chapel Hill reported 135 new COVID-19 cases and four infection clusters within a week of having started in-person classes for the Fall 2020 semester. On August 10, faculty and staff from several of UNC's constituent institutions filed
3256-469: The Wilson Library, was commissioned by John Motley Morehead III , the benefactor of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship . The hedge and surrounding landscape was designed by William C. Coker , botany professor and creator of the campus arboretum . Traditionally, seniors have the opportunity to climb the tower a few days prior to May commencement. The university has a goal that all new buildings meet
3344-587: The allegations of the Wainstein report, the NCAA launched their own investigation and on June 5, 2015 the NCAA accused the institution of five major violations including: "two instances of unethical conduct and failure to cooperate" as well as "unethical conduct and extra benefits related to student-athletes' access to and assistance in the paper courses; unethical conduct by the instructor/counselor for providing impermissible academic assistance to student-athletes; and
3432-418: The annual game against Virginia Military Institute , inspired by the play of former football player Jack " The Battering Ram " Merrit. The kicker rubbed his head for good luck before a game-winning field goal, and the ram stayed. There is also an anthropomorphic ram mascot who appears at games. The modern Rameses is depicted in a sailor's hat, a reference to a United States Navy flight training program that
3520-634: The campus houses the Dean Smith Center for men's basketball, Koury Natatorium, School of Medicine , Adams School of Dentistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Hospitals , Kenan–Flagler Business School , and the newest student residence halls. Located in McCorkle Place is the Davie Poplar tree under which a popular legend says the university's founder, William Richardson Davie , selected
3608-505: The center of campus. In April 2024, UNC students joined other campuses across the United States in protests and establishing encampments against the Israel–Hamas war and the alleged genocide of Palestinians in Gaza . Student demands were transparency in investments and that UNC divest from Israel . With the administration coming down hard on the protesters, the students called for
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3696-462: The chief executive officer of each campus. Instead, the Kansas Board of Regents directly supervises the presidents of all Kansas public universities. There are several states with hybrid in-between arrangements, such as Hawaii, Indiana, and South Carolina, where the systemwide leader of the state university retains direct executive control over the original flagship campus but also supervises
3784-490: The degrees granted by some smaller institutions. A prominent example of this is the State University of New York , which is the largest comprehensive system of universities , colleges , and community colleges in the United States. During the 1970s, further mergers took place and the concept of a state system was widely adopted. Some states have more than one state university system. For example, California has
3872-582: The draft, so the university was one of the few in the Confederacy that managed to stay open. However, Chapel Hill suffered the loss of more of its population during the war than any village in the South, and when student numbers did not recover, the university was forced to close during Reconstruction from December 1, 1870, until September 6, 1875. Following the reopening, enrollment was slow to increase and university administrators offered free tuition for
3960-498: The edge of campus, christened "Dan Moore's Wall" by The Daily Tar Heel for Governor Dan K. Moore . A group of UNC-Chapel Hill students, led by Student Body President Paul Dickson, filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court , and on February 20, 1968, the Speaker Ban Law was struck down. In 1969, campus food workers of Lenoir Hall went on strike protesting perceived racial injustices that impacted their employment, garnering
4048-547: The embarrassment of being the only state left that had not established a state university, the New Jersey Legislature decided to commission an already existing private university as its state university, rather than build one from the ground up, as other states had done. Rutgers University , which had previously been a private school affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church , was designated as
4136-474: The explicitly racist views espoused in the dedication speech that local industrialist and UNC Trustee Julian Carr gave at the statue's unveiling on June 2, 1913, and the approval with which they had been met by the crowd at the dedication. Shortly before the beginning of the 2018–2019 school year, the Silent Sam was toppled by protestors and damaged, and has been absent from campus ever since. In July 2020,
4224-411: The first of several investigations found fraud and academic dishonesty at the university related to its athletic program. Following a lesser scandal that began in 2010 involving academic fraud and improper benefits with the university's football program , two hundred questionable classes offered by the university's African and Afro-American Studies department came to light. As a result, the university
4312-417: The first time in 1805. The University of Tennessee was originally chartered as Blount College in 1794, but had a very difficult beginning—graduating only one student—and did not begin receiving the promised state funds until 1807 when it was renamed East Tennessee University. Determining which state university was the "first" is further complicated by the case of New Jersey 's state university system. Facing
4400-510: The first town-gown partnership in the country to make such an agreement. Through these efforts, the university achieved a "A−" grade on the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010. The university was criticized in 2019 for abandoning a promise to shutter its coal-fired power plant by 2020. Initially, the university has announced plans to become carbon neutral by 2050, but in 2021,
4488-593: The inception of the Morehead, 29 alumni of the program have been named Rhodes Scholars . Since 2001, North Carolina has also co-hosted the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program , a merit scholarship and leadership development program granting recipients full student privileges at both UNC-Chapel Hill and neighboring Duke University . Additionally, the university provides scholarships based on merit and leadership qualities, including
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#17327801381234576-524: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UT_System&oldid=933228479 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages State university system A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state , territory or federal district . These systems constitute
4664-552: The leaders of all other campuses in the system. As R. Bowen Loftin has pointed out, this requires considerable tact on the part of the systemwide leader: "How would the other campus leaders see themselves in such an arrangement?" However, it is more common for the flagship campus to have its own leader distinct from the systemwide leader. Some states maintain a separate system for state colleges (often specified as community colleges , technical colleges , or junior colleges ), distinct from their university system. Examples include
4752-488: The library moved to Hill Hall in 1907, the building was transferred between the school of law and the agricultural chemistry department until it was taken over by the university theater group, the Carolina Playmakers, in 1924. It was remodeled as a theater, opening in 1925 as Playmakers Theater. Playmakers Theatre was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. The Morehead–Patterson bell tower, south of
4840-487: The location for the university. The legend of the Davie Poplar says that as long as the tree stands, so will the university. However, the name was not associated with the tree until almost a century after the university's foundation. A graft from the tree, named Davie Poplar Jr., was planted nearby in 1918 after the original tree was struck by lightning. A second graft, Davie Poplar III, was planted in conjunction with
4928-538: The majority of public-funded universities in the country. State university systems should not be confused with federally funded colleges and universities, at which attendance is limited to military personnel and government employees. Members of foreign militaries and governments also attend some schools. These schools include the United States service academies , Naval Postgraduate School , and military staff colleges . A state university system normally means
5016-640: The many stores and shops located on Franklin Street . Students can participate in over 550 officially recognized student organizations. UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference , which was founded on June 14, 1953. The university's athletic teams compete as the Tar Heels . The University of North Carolina was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly on December 11, 1789; its cornerstone
5104-468: The middle 19th century, in particular supported by the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890. Many state universities—such as UCLA , Arizona State , and SUNY Geneseo —were founded as normal schools . Following the Second World War , many state universities were merged with smaller institutions to achieve economies of scale in administration and also to raise the prestige of
5192-436: The middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1330-1500. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 20 freshman students were National Merit Scholars . The university is need-blind for domestic applicants. The university has a longstanding honor code known as the "Instrument of Student Judicial Governance", supplemented by a mostly student-run honor system to resolve issues with students accused of academic and conduct offenses against
5280-484: The oldest public universities in the United States. The University of Georgia is the country's first chartered public university, established on January 27, 1785, by an act of the General Assembly of Georgia. However, the University of Georgia did not hold classes until 16 years later in the fall of 1801. The first collegiate-level classes conducted by a public institution were at another Georgia institution,
5368-1053: The plan was changed to 2040. In December 2019, the university was sued by the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity for violations of the Clean Air Act . As of 2007, UNC-Chapel Hill offered 71 bachelor's, 107 master's and 74 doctoral degree programs. The university enrolls students from all 100 North Carolina counties and state law requires that the percentage of students from North Carolina in each freshman class meet or exceed 82%. The student body consists of 17,981 undergraduate students and 10,935 graduate and professional students (as of Fall 2009). Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 30.8% of UNC-Chapel Hill's undergraduate population as of 2010 and applications from international students more than doubled in five years from 702 in 2004 to 1,629 in 2009. Eighty-nine percent of enrolling first year students in 2009 reported
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#17327801381235456-477: The present Judiciary Courts." Until 2024, most academic and conduct violations were handled by a single, student-run honor system. Prior to the student-run honor system, the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies , along with other campus organizations such as the men's council, women's council, and student council supported student concerns. In 2024, the university transitioned from the student-run honor system to
5544-584: The protection of their first amendment rights . 36 arrests were made with police clearing out the encampment that was set up in Polk Place. Palestine Legal filed the federal civil rights complaint alleging that there was preferential treatment of Israeli students by UNC, and targeting of pro-Palestine students. UNC-Chapel Hill's campus covers around 760 acres (310 ha), including about 125 acres (51 ha) of lawns and over 30 acres (12 ha) of shrub beds and other ground cover. In 1999, UNC-Chapel Hill
5632-441: The public universities and 22nd among national universities in the United States. The Wall Street Journal ranked UNC-Chapel Hill 3rd best public university behind University of Michigan and UCLA . The university was named a Public Ivy by Richard Moll in his 1985 book The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities , and in later guides by Howard and Matthew Greene. The university
5720-621: The racial segregation on campus led up to the Sit-in movement . The Sit-in movement started a new era in North Carolina, which challenged colleges across the south against racial segregation of public facilities. The law was immediately criticized by university Chancellor William Brantley Aycock and university President William Friday , but was not reviewed by the North Carolina General Assembly until 1965. Small amendments to allow "infrequent" visits failed to placate
5808-468: The rate of inflation, admission to state universities has become more competitive. State university systems were a product of the demand for higher education in the newly formed United States. The tradition of publicly funded state colleges began primarily in the southern states, where in the east and northeastern states other private educational institutions were already established. There remains significant debate about which institution or institutions are
5896-596: The requirements for LEED silver certification, and the Allen Education Center at the university's North Carolina Botanic Garden was the first building in North Carolina to receive LEED Platinum certification. UNC-Chapel Hill's cogeneration facility produced one-fourth of the electricity and all of the steam used on campus as of 2008. In 2006, the university and the Town of Chapel Hill jointly agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050, becoming
5984-537: The same architect who renovated the northern façade of Old East in 1844. The east-facing building was completed in 1851 and initially served as a library and as a ballroom. It was originally named Smith Hall after North Carolina Governor General Benjamin Smith , who was a special aide to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War and was an early benefactor to the university. When
6072-412: The school became state-supported at that time, its campus remained privately owned until 1912. UVM was chartered as a private institution and did not become a public university until 1865. The first institution in New England to actually operate as a public university is Westfield State University in Massachusetts, which has been public since its founding in 1838. Consideration of public higher education
6160-460: The schools of medicine, nursing, business, education, pharmacy, information and library science, public health, or media and journalism. Undergraduates are held to an eight-semester limit of study. UNC-Chapel Hill's admissions process is "most selective" according to U.S. News & World Report . For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UNC-Chapel Hill received 53,776 applications and accepted 10,347 (19.2%). Of those accepted, 4,689 enrolled,
6248-547: The sons of teachers and ministers, as well as loans for those who could not afford attendance. Following the Civil War, the university began to modernize its programs and onboard faculty with prestigious degrees. The creation of a new gymnasium, funding for a new Chemistry laboratory, and organization of the Graduate Department were accomplishments touted by UNC president Francis Venable at the 1905 "University Day" celebration. Despite initial skepticism from university President Frank Porter Graham , on March 27, 1931, legislation
6336-455: The spectrum is the University of California, in which each campus has a chancellor as its chief executive officer. All chancellors report as equals to a systemwide president, who in turn reports to a Board of Regents . At the other end is Kansas, where there is no true state university system with a systemwide brand identity and a systemwide chief executive officer empowered to establish uniform policies across multiple campuses and to supervise
6424-409: The student body, especially when the university's board of trustees overruled new Chancellor Paul Frederick Sharp's decision to allow speaking invitations to Marxist speaker Herbert Aptheker and civil liberties activist Frank Wilkinson ; however, the two speakers came to Chapel Hill anyway. Wilkinson spoke off campus, while more than 1,500 students viewed Aptheker's speech across a low campus wall at
6512-490: The support of student groups and members of the university and Chapel Hill community and leading to state troopers in riot gear being deployed on campus and the state national guard being held on standby in Durham. From the late 1990s and onward, UNC-Chapel Hill expanded rapidly with a 15% increase in total student population to more than 28,000 by 2007. This is accompanied by the construction of new facilities, funded in part by
6600-566: The survivor advocacy organization End Rape on Campus. In August 2018, the university came to national attention after the toppling of Silent Sam , a Confederate monument which had been erected on campus in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . The statue had been dogged by controversy at various points since the 1960s, with critics claiming that the monument invokes memories of racism and slavery. Many critics cited
6688-431: The third for Coach Roy Williams since he took the job as head coach. UNC was also retroactively given the title of National Champion for the 1924 championship, but is typically not included in the official tally. Other recent successes include the 2011 College Cup in men's soccer, and four consecutive College World Series appearances by the baseball team from 2006 to 2009. In 1994, the university's athletic programs won
6776-737: The university community. In 1974, the Judicial Reform Committee created the Instrument of Student Judicial Governance , which outlined the current honor code and its means for enforcement. The creation of the instrument and the judicial reform committee was preceded by a list of "Demands by the Black Student Movement" ( BSM ) which stated that "[e]ither Black students have full jurisdiction over all offenses committed by Black students or duly elected Black Students from BSM who would represent our interests be on
6864-468: The university's bicentennial celebration in 1993. The student members of the university's Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies are not allowed to walk on the grass of McCorkle Place out of respect for the unknown resting place of Joseph Caldwell , the university's first president. A symbol of the university is the Old Well , a small neoclassical rotunda at the south end of McCorkle Place based on
6952-588: Was also president of Tulane University and the University of Virginia . On December 13, 2019, the UNC System Board of Governors unanimously voted to name Kevin Guskiewicz the university's 12th chancellor. In the early afternoon on August 28, 2023, the second week of the fall semester, a PhD student shot and killed associate professor Zijie Yan in Caudill Labs, a laboratory building near
7040-414: Was attached to the university during World War II. Basketball coach Dean Smith was widely known for his idea of "The Carolina Way", in which he challenged his players to, "Play hard, play smart, play together." "The Carolina Way" was an idea of excellence in the classroom, as well as on the court. In Coach Smith's book, The Carolina Way , former player Scott Williams said, regarding Dean Smith, "Winning
7128-550: Was included in the earliest westward expansion of the U.S. with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the Northwest Territory . It stated: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." Ohio University (1804) was the first state school so established in the territory (and
7216-437: Was introduced in 2006. English, social science, history, foreign language, mathematics, and natural science courses are required of all students, ensuring that they receive a broad liberal arts education. The university also offers a wide range of first year seminars for incoming freshmen. After their second year, students move on to the College of Arts and Sciences, or choose an undergraduate professional school program within
7304-518: Was laid on October 12, 1793, at Chapel Hill, chosen because of its central location within the state. It is one of three universities that claims to be the oldest public university in the United States , and the only such institution to confer degrees in the eighteenth century as a public institution. During the Civil War , North Carolina Governor David Lowry Swain persuaded Confederate President Jefferson Davis to exempt some students from
7392-613: Was one of sixteen recipients of the American Society of Landscape Architects Medallion Awards and was identified (in the second tier) as one of 50 college or university "works of art" by T.A. Gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art . The oldest buildings on the campus, including the Old East building (built 1793–1795), the South Building (built 1798–1814), and the Old West building (built 1822–1823), stand around
7480-545: Was only one women's residence hall. As a result, Woman's College was renamed the " University of North Carolina at Greensboro ", and the University of North Carolina became the "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill". In 1955, UNC officially desegregated its undergraduate divisions. During World War II, UNC was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students
7568-604: Was passed to group the University of North Carolina with the State College of Agriculture and Engineering and Woman's College of the University of North Carolina to form the Consolidated University of North Carolina. In 1963, the consolidated university was made fully coeducational , although most women still attended Woman's College for their first two years, transferring to Chapel Hill as juniors, since freshmen were required to live on campus and there
7656-604: Was placed on probation by its accrediting agency in 2015. It was removed from probation in 2016. That same year, the public universities in North Carolina had to share a budget cut of $ 414 million, of which the Chapel Hill campus lost more than $ 100 million in 2011. This followed state budget cuts that trimmed university spending by $ 231 million since 2007; Provost Bruce Carney said more than 130 faculty members have left UNC since 2009., with poor staff retention. The Board of Trustees for UNC-CH recommended
7744-483: Was very important at Carolina, and there was much pressure to win, but Coach cared more about our getting a sound education and turning into good citizens than he did about winning." The October 22, 2014, release of the Wainstein Report alleged institutionalized academic fraud that involved over 3,100 students and student athletes, over an 18-year period from 1993 to 2011 that began during the final years of
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