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This page is about the state university system of North Carolina, comprising 16 state universities. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was the University of North Carolina until 1963.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Seal
Established 1789
Type Public
President Erskine Boyce Bowles
Faculty 9,431
Undergraduates 150,035
Postgraduates 39,580
Location ----, North Carolina, USA
Campus 16 campuses
Website www.northcarolina.edu

The University of North Carolina is a sixteen-university system which comprises all public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States. While the system's Board of Governors oversee general system policy, each campus executes a large degree of autonomy from the system and are classified as separate institutions. The system has a total enrollment of over 183,000 students and confers over 75% of all bachelor degrees in North Carolina. The system provides quality education at some of the lowest tuition rates in the United States despite recent tuition increases.[1]

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[edit] History

The first campus of the University of North Carolina was founded in 1789 in Chapel Hill. This was the first public university in the United States to award degrees and the only campus of the University of North Carolina for 136 years. In 1877, the State of North Carolina began sponsoring additional higher education institutions. Over time the state added five historically black institutions and one to educate Native Americans. Others were created to prepare teachers for public education and to instruct performing artists.

During the Depression, the North Carolina General Assembly searched for cost savings within state government. Towards this effort in 1931, it redefined the University of North Carolina to include what are now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The new Consolidated University of North Carolina operated the three campuses under just one board of trustees and one president. By 1969, three additional campuses had joined the University through legislative action: the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

In 1971, the North Carolina passed legislation bringing into the University of North Carolina all 16 public institutions that confer bachelor degrees. This round of consolidation granted each constituent institution a Chancellor and a Board of Trustees. In 1985, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential high school for gifted students, was declared an affiliated school of the University.

[edit] Structure

Chapter 9 of the North Carolina Constitution provides authorization for the creation the University of North Carolina. Under this authorization, Chapter 116 of the North Carolina General Statute entrusts the University of North Carolina to its Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is the policy-making body charged with "the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance of all affairs of the constituent institutions." It elects the president, who administers the University. The 32 voting members of the Board of Governors are elected by the General Assembly for four-year terms. The president of the UNC Association of Student Governments is also a non-voting member.

The Board of Governors delegates extensive administrative authority to each constituent university. Each institution is headed by a Chancellor, who is chosen by the Board of Governors on the president's nomination and is responsible to the president. Each institution also has a board of trustees, consisting of eight members elected by the Board of Governors, four appointed by the governor, and the President of the student body. The composition of the Board of Trustees is set by General Statute.

[edit] Legal mandate

The legal authority and mandate for the University of North Carolina can be found in the North Carolina Constitution. Article 9 of the constitution deals with all form of public education in the state. Sections 8 and 9 of that article stipulate the function and cost to students of the University of North Carolina. Those sections read as follows:

[edit] Sec. 8. Higher education.

The General Assembly shall maintain a public system of higher education, comprising The University of North Carolina and such other institutions of higher education as the General Assembly may deem wise. The General Assembly shall provide for the selection of trustees of The University of North Carolina and of the other institutions of higher education, in whom shall be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises, and endowments heretofore granted to or conferred upon the trustees of these institutions. The General Assembly may enact laws necessary and expedient for the maintenance and management of The University of North Carolina and the other public institutions of higher education.

[edit] Sec. 9. Benefits of public institutions of higher education.

The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as far as practicable, be extended to the people of the State free of expense.

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[edit] Consolidated University of North Carolina

[edit] University of North Carolina System

[edit] Constituent institutions


Name General Information Head Count
(Fall 2005)3		 Carnegie Foundation Class2 Undergraduate Stats (Fall 2005)3
Location Founding Joined UNC Notes Undergrad Graduate Grouping Admissions highly qualified1 minority female 5 year graduation rate
Appalachian State U. Boone 1889 1972 Strong in Education and Business 12,986 1,667 Master's Universities and Colleges I more selective 27% 8% 50% 60%
East Carolina U. Greenville 1907 1972 Focus on Medicine and Education 17,728 5,436 Doctoral/Research Universities – Intensive selective 15% 22% 60% 48%
Elizabeth City State U. Elizabeth City 1891 1972 Historically Black University 2,604 60 Baccalaureate Colleges—General inclusive 4% 81% 62% 46%
Fayetteville State U. Fayetteville 1867 1972 Historically Black University 5,029 1,043 Master's Colleges and Universities I inclusive 3% 86% 64% 39%
NC A&T State U. Greensboro 1891 1972 Historically Black University 9,735 1,368 Master's Colleges and Universities I inclusive 3% 95% 53% 36%
NC Central U. Durham 1909 1972 Historically Black University 6,353 1,866 Master's Colleges and Universities I inclusive 3% 92% 66% 38%
NC School of the Arts Winston-Salem 1963 1972 728 101 Special Focus n/a 30% 18% 39% 55%
NC State U. Raleigh 1887 1932 Flagship Science and Technology 22,767 7,381 Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive more selective 54% 21% 43% 65%
UNC at Asheville Asheville 1927 1969 Small Liberal Arts 3,462 37 Baccalaureate Colleges—Liberal Arts more selective 44% 10% 58% 50%
UNC at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 1789 1932 Flagship Liberal Arts 16,764 10,512 Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive more selective 87% 27% 58% 82%
UNC at Charlotte Charlotte 1946 1965 Focus on Engineering, Education, and Urban Studies 16,555 4,217 Doctoral/Research Universities – Intensive selective 16% 24% 53% 43%
UNC at Greensboro Greensboro 1891 1932 12,388 3,759 Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive selective 16% 30% 68% 47%
UNC at Pembroke Pembroke 1887 1972 Historically American Indian University 4,963 669 Master's Colleges and Universities I inclusive 5% 53% 65% 32%
UNC at Wilmington Wilmington 1947 1969 10,723 1,116 Master's Colleges and Universities I more selective 32% 12% 59% 61%
Western Carolina U. Cullowhee 1889 1972 6,980 1,685 Baccalaureate Colleges—General selective 12% 14% 52% 43%
Winston-Salem State U. Winston-Salem 1892 1972 Historically Black University 5,264 302 Baccalaureate Colleges—General inclusive 2% 86% 70% 44%

Table updated with most recent available data September 26, 2006

  1. Highly qualified group has a SAT score >= 1100 and in top 20% of high school class.
  2. All classifications as published by the Carnegie Foundation.
  3. As published by the University of North Carolina's Institutional Profiles

Statistics gathered from UNC System.

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