University Of North Carolina System

Information about University Of North Carolina System

This page is about the state university system of North Carolina, comprising 17 state campuses. There are several individual universities designated with the name "The University of North Carolina", with campuses in Asheville, Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington. Each of those campuses are separate institutions of higher learning which, together with 10 other universities, comprise The University of North Carolina system.

The University of North Carolina

Established	1789
Type	Public
President	Erskine Boyce Bowles
Faculty	9,431
Undergraduates	155,029^[1]
Postgraduates	41,219
Location	Statewide, North Carolina, USA
Campus	16 campuses
Website	www.northcarolina.edu

The University of North Carolina is a seventeen campus system which includes all sixteen public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States and one public residential high school. 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. [1]

History

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 using it for the name of the University of North Carolina system. The new Consolidated University of North Carolina system was created to include what are now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (originally the University of North Carolina), North Carolina State University, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The three campuses came under the leadership of 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. In 2007, the high school became a full UNC system member.

Structure

Chapter 9 of the North Carolina Constitution provides authorization for the creation of 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.

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:

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.

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.

Presidents

Consolidated University of North Carolina

Frank Porter Graham (1932-1949)
William D. Carmichael (acting president, 1949-1950)
Gordon Gray (1950-1955)
J. Harris Purks (acting president, 1955-1956)
William C. Friday (acting president, 1956-1957; president, 1957-1972)

University of North Carolina System

William C. Friday (1972-1986)
C. D. Spangler (1986-1997)
Molly Corbett Broad (1997-2006)
Erskine Boyce Bowles (2006-current)

Constituent institutions

Name	General Information				Head Count (Fall 2005)³		Carnegie Foundation Class²		Undergraduate Stats (Fall 2005)³
Name	Location	Founding	Joined UNC	Notes	Undergrad	Graduate	Grouping	Admissions	highly qualified¹	minority	female	5 year graduation rate	NCAA Affiliation
Appalachian State U.	Boone	1899	1972	Strong in Education and Business	12,986	1,667	Master's Universities and Colleges I	more selective	27%	8%	50%	60%	Division I (Southern Conference)
East Carolina U.	Greenville	1907	1972	Focus on Medicine and Education	17,728	5,436	Doctoral/Research Universities – Intensive	selective	15%	26%	60%	48%	Division I (Conference USA)
Elizabeth City State U.	Elizabeth City	1891	1972	Historically Black University	2,604	60	Baccalaureate Colleges—General	inclusive	4%	81%	62%	46%	Division II (CIAA)
Fayetteville State U.	Fayetteville	1867	1972	Historically Black University	5,029	1,043	Master's Colleges and Universities I	inclusive	3%	86%	64%	39%	Division II (CIAA)
NC A&T State U.	Greensboro	1891	1972	Historically Black University	9,735	1,368	Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive	inclusive	3%	95%	53%	36%	Division I (MEAC)
NC Central U.	Durham	1909	1972	Historically Black University	6,353	1,866	Master's Colleges and Universities I	inclusive	3%	92%	66%	38%	Division II (CIAA)
NC School of the Arts	Winston-Salem	1963	1972		728	101	Special Focus	n/a	30%	18%	39%	55%	NONE
NC School of Science and Mathematics	Durham	1980	2007	Public Residential High School	620⁴	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1A (NCHSAA 1A/2A Midstate Conference)
NC State U.	Raleigh	1887	1932	Principal Science and Technology Institution	22,767	7,381	Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive	more selective	54%	21%	43%	65%	Division I (ACC)
UNC at Asheville	Asheville	1927	1969	Liberal Arts	3,462	37	Baccalaureate Colleges—Liberal Arts	more selective	44%	10%	58%	50%	Division I (Big South)
UNC at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	1789	1932	Flagship	16,764	10,512	Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive	more selective	87%	27%	58%	82%	Division I (ACC)
UNC Charlotte	Charlotte	1946	1965	Focus on Engineering, Education, and Urban Studies	16,555	4,217	Doctoral/Research Universities – Intensive	selective	16%	24%	53%	43%	Division I (Atlantic Ten)
UNC at Greensboro	Greensboro	1891	1932	Focus on Business, Education and Nursing	12,388	3,759	Doctoral/Research Universities—Intensive	selective	16%	30%	68%	47%	Division I (Southern Conference)
UNC at Pembroke	Pembroke	1887	1972	Historically American Indian University	4,963	669	Master's Colleges and Universities I	inclusive	5%	53%	65%	32%	Division II (Peach Belt Conference)
UNC at Wilmington	Wilmington	1947	1969	Focus on Marine Biology, Nursing, Business, and Education	10,723	1,116	Master's Colleges and Universities I	more selective	32%	12%	59%	61%	Division I (Colonial Athletic Association)
Western Carolina U.	Cullowhee	1889	1972	Comprehensive university	6,980	1,685	Baccalaureate Colleges—General	selective	12%	14%	52%	43%	Division I (Southern Conference)
Winston-Salem State U.	Winston-Salem	1892	1972	Historically Black University	5,264	302	Baccalaureate Colleges—General	inclusive	2%	86%	70%	44%	Division I (MEAC)

Table updated with most recent available data September 26, 2006

Highly qualified group has a SAT score >= 1100 and in top 20% of high school class.
All classifications as published by the Carnegie Foundation.
As published by the University of North Carolina's Institutional Profiles
NCSSM is a residential school for high school juniors and seniors. This number reflects the schools overall headcount.

Statistics gathered from UNC System.

External links

References

1. ^ Institutional Profiles University of North Carolina: 2006-2007 Edition, University of North Carolina General Administration, 2006, pp. 60, <[2]

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Appalachian State • East Carolina • Elizabeth City State • Fayetteville State • N.C. A&T • N.C. Central • N.C. School of the Arts • N.C. State • UNC Asheville • UNC Chapel Hill • UNC Charlotte • UNC Greensboro • UNC Pembroke • UNC Wilmington • Western Carolina • Winston-Salem State

University of North Carolina at Asheville (known for short as UNC Asheville) is a public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges located in Asheville, North Carolina.
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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or for athletics purposes, Charlotte), is a public, coeducational, research intensive university located in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is an American public university in Greensboro, North Carolina and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.
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University of North Carolina at Pembroke (known colloquially as UNC Pembroke or UNCP) is a public historically American Indian university in the town of Pembroke in Robeson County, North Carolina.
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University of North Carolina Wilmington is a public university located in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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The school opened its doors for the first time on September 4, 1947 as Wilmington College.
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The State of North Carolina

Flag of North Carolina Seal
Nickname(s): Tar Heel State; Old North State;
The Rip Van Winkle State
''Motto(s): Esse quam videri (Latin: To be, rather than to seem)''

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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Motto Maius Opus Moveo
(Accept the Greater Challenge)

Established 1980

Type Public boarding school
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Chapel Hill

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Nickname: The Southern Part of Heaven
Location in North Carolina
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Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities.
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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million^[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million^[2]
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University Of North Carolina System

Information about University Of North Carolina System

History

Structure

Legal mandate

Presidents

Consolidated University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina System

Constituent institutions

External links

References

History