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Public university organisation in North Carolina

University of North Carolina

Latin: Universitas Carolinae Septentrionalis
Type	Public academy system
Established	1789 (Chapel Colina) 1972 (current structure)
President	Peter Hans[1]
Governing body	UNC Board of Governors
Academic staff	13,564 (2008 Fall)[two]
Administrative staff	30,664 (2008 Fall)[ii]
Students	244,507 (2021 Fall)[3]
Undergraduates	191,517 (2021 Fall)[3]
Postgraduates	52,990 (2021 Fall)[three]
Location	Chapel Hill , Due north Carolina , United States
Campus	17 campuses
Website	www.northcarolina.edu

University of Due north Carolina System locations

The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the country's 16 public universities and the NC School of Scientific discipline and Mathematics, it is unremarkably referred to as the UNC System to differentiate it from its flagship, UNC-Chapel Loma.

The academy arrangement has a total enrollment of 244,507 students as of autumn 2021.^[4] UNC campuses conferred 62,930 degrees in 2020-2021, the bulk of which were at the bachelor'due south level, with 44,309 degrees awarded.^[5] In 2008, the UNC System conferred over 75% of all baccalaureate degrees in Due north Carolina.^{[six] [7]}

History [edit]

Foundations [edit]

Founded in 1789, the University of N Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of three schools to merits the title of oldest public university in the Usa. It closed from 1871 to 1875, faced with serious financial and enrollment problems during the Reconstruction era. In 1877, the state of North Carolina began sponsoring additional higher didactics institutions. Over time, the state added a women's college (now known as the Academy of Due north Carolina at Greensboro), a land-grant university (North Carolina State University), 5 historically blackness institutions (North Carolina A&T Country University, Due north Carolina Primal Academy, Winston-Salem State University, Fayetteville State University, and Elizabeth Urban center State University) and 1 to educate American Indians (the University of North Carolina at Pembroke). Others were created to prepare teachers for public educational activity and to instruct performing artists.

Early on consolidation [edit]

During the Low, the North Carolina General Assembly searched for cost savings within state government. Towards this effort in 1931, information technology redefined the University of North Carolina, which at the time referred exclusively to the Academy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the new Consolidated University of Northward Carolina was created to include the existing campuses of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Country College (at present North Carolina State Academy), and the Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The three campuses came under the leadership of a unmarried lath of trustees and a single president, with "Deans of Assistants" serving equally day-to-day leaders of the three campuses. In 1945, the title "Dean of Administration" was changed to "Chancellor." By 1969, 3 additional campuses had joined the Consolidated Academy through legislative action: the University of Northward Carolina at Charlotte, the University of Due north Carolina at Asheville, and the University of Northward Carolina at Wilmington.

Consolidation connected [edit]

In 1971, North Carolina passed legislation bringing into the University of N Carolina all sixteen public institutions that confer available'due south degrees. This latest round of consolidation gave each constituent school its ain chancellor and board of trustees. In 1985, the Northward Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential loftier school for gifted students, was declared an affiliated school of the university. In 2007, the high school became a full member of the academy.

Protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic [edit]

In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNC System close down in-person instruction at all of its campuses indefinitely. In an unprecedented move to limit the spread of the illness, institutions were asked to remove as many students from on-campus housing as possible, implement remote piece of work wherever practical, and to transition to altitude education.^[8]

Presidents [edit]

Number	Name	Term
1	Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1804–1812
2	Robert Hett Chapman	1812–1816
-	Rev. Joseph Caldwell	1816–1835
*	Elisha Mitchell *	1835
3	David Lowry Swain	1835–1868
iv	Rev. Solomon Pool	1869–1872
**	Rev. Charles Phillips**	1875–1876
five	Kemp Plummer Battle	1876–1891
6	George Tayloe Winston	1891–1896
7	Edwin Anderson Alderman	1896–1900
eight	Francis Preston Venable	1900–1914
9	Edward Kidder Graham	1914–1918
*	Marvin Hendrix Stacy*	1918–1919
10	Harry Woodburn Chase	1919–1930
11	Frank Porter Graham	1930–1949 (UNC Consolidation in 1931)
*	William Donald Carmichael, Jr. *	1949–1950
12	Gordon Grayness	1950–1955
*	J. Harris Purks *	1955–1956
13	William Clyde Friday	1956–1986 (acting until 1957)
xiv	Clemmie Spangler	1986–1997
fifteen	Molly Corbett Broad	1997–2006
16	Erskine Bowles	2006–2011
17	Thomas West. Ross	2011–2016
*	Junius J. Gonzales *	2016
eighteen	Margaret Spellings	2016–2019
*	William Fifty. Roper *	2019–2020[nine]
19	Peter Hans	2020- [1]

An asterisk (*) denotes acting president. Two asterisks (**) denotes chairman of the faculty.

Legal mandate [edit]

UNC Charlotte. The university expanded significantly in the 1960s and 1970s.

The legal say-so and mandate for the University of North Carolina is contained in the Country's starting time Constitution (1776),^[x] which provided in Article XLI

That a school or schools shall be established by the Legislature, for the user-friendly educational activity of youth, ... and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged, and promoted, in i or more universities,

The state legislature granted a charter and funding for the academy in 1789.^[11]

Commodity IX of the 1971 Northward Carolina Constitution deals with all forms of public education in the state. Sections viii and ix of that article address higher education.^[12]

• Sec. viii. Higher education.

The General Associates shall maintain a public system of college education, comprising The Academy of Due north Carolina and such other institutions of higher education as the General Assembly may deem wise. The General Associates shall provide for the pick of trustees of The University of North Carolina and of the other institutions of higher instruction, 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 college education.

• Sec. nine. Benefits of public institutions of college didactics.

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

Statutory provisions stipulate the current function and price to students of the University of North Carolina.^[13]

Institutions [edit]

Within its seventeen campuses, UNC houses two medical schools and one instruction hospital, ten nursing programs, two schools of dentistry, i veterinary school and hospital, and a school of pharmacy, also as a ii law schools, 15 schools of educational activity, iii schools of technology, and a school for performing artists.^[six] The oldest university, the University of N Carolina at Chapel Hill, first admitted students in 1795. The smallest and newest member is the Northward Carolina School of Scientific discipline and Mathematics, a residential two-year high school, founded in 1980 and a full member of the University since 2007. The largest academy is Due north Carolina Land Academy, with 34,340 students every bit of autumn 2012.

While the official names of each campus are determined by the North Carolina General Associates, abbreviations are determined by the individual schoolhouse.^[xiv]

Official proper name (Previous name)	Official abbrev.	Location	Enrollment As of Autumn 2019	Carnegie Nomenclature	Founded	Nickname	Joined arrangement	References
Appalachian Country University (Appalachian Country Teacher'south College, until 1967)	ASU, App Land (for athletics)	Boone, Watauga County	19,280	master's university	1899	Mountaineers	1972	[fifteen] [16]
East Carolina University (Due east Carolina Higher, until 1967)	ECU, East Carolina (for athletics)	Greenville, Pitt County	28,651	doctoral/research university	1907	Pirates	1972	[17] [18]
Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City State Higher, until 1969)	ECSU	Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Canton	1,772	baccalaureate college	1891	Vikings	1972	[nineteen] [xx]
Fayetteville State Academy (Fayetteville Land College, until 1969)	FSU	Fayetteville, Cumberland County	6,551	principal'due south academy	1867	Broncos	1972	[21] [22]
North Carolina A&T State University (The Agricultural and Technical College of Due north Carolina, until 1969)	NC A&T	Greensboro, Guilford Canton	12,556	doctoral/research university	1891	Aggies	1972	[23] [24]
Due north Carolina Central University (Northward Carolina College at Durham, until 1969)	NCCU, NC Central (for athletics)	Durham, Durham County	eight,011	principal'southward university	1909	Eagles	1972	[25] [26]
North Carolina State University (North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, until 1963)	NCSU, NC Country or State (for athletics)	Raleigh, Wake County	36,304	doctoral/research university	1887	Wolfpack	1932	[27] [28]
University of Due north Carolina at Asheville (Asheville-Biltmore College until 1969)	UNCA or Asheville	Asheville, Buncombe County	iii,600	baccalaureate college	1927	Bulldogs	1969	[29] [30]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Academy of North Carolina, until 1963)	UNC-Chapel Loma,[31] [32] UNC-CH, North Carolina, or Carolina (for athletics)	Chapel Loma, Orange Canton	29,877	doctoral/enquiry university	1789	Tar Heels	1932	[33] [34]
Academy of Due north Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte Higher, until 1965)	UNC Charlotte, Charlotte (for athletics)	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County	29,615	doctoral/research university	1946	49ers	1965	[35] [36]
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (The Adult female's College of the University of N Carolina, until 1963)	UNCG	Greensboro, Guilford County	20,196	doctoral/inquiry academy	1891	Spartans	1932	[37] [38]
Academy of North Carolina at Pembroke (Pembroke State Academy, until 1996)	UNCP	Pembroke, Robeson County	7,698	master's university	1887	Braves[39]	1972	[40] [41]
University of North Carolina Wilmington (Wilmington College, until 1969)	UNCW	Wilmington, New Hanover Canton	17,499	doctoral/research university	1947	Seahawks	1969	[42] [43]
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (North Carolina Schoolhouse of the Arts, until 2008)	UNCSA	Winston-Salem, Forsyth County	1,086	special-focus institution	1963	The Fighting Pickle	1972	[44] [45]
Western Carolina University (Western Carolina Higher, until 1967)	WCU, Western Carolina (for athletics)	Cullowhee, Jackson Canton	12,167	master'southward university	1889	Catamounts	1972	[46] [47]
Winston-Salem Land University (Winston-Salem Teacher'southward Higher, until 1969)	WSSU	Winston-Salem, Forsyth County	5,124	baccalaureate higher	1892	Rams	1972	[48] [49]
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	NCSSM	Durham, Durham County	680	residential loftier school	1980	Unicorns	2007	[50] [51]

Notes [edit]

The enrollment numbers are the official headcounts (including all total-time and part-time, undergrad and postgrad students) from University of N Carolina website.^[52] This does not include the North Carolina Schoolhouse of Scientific discipline and Mathematics, the figure for NCSSM is taken from its own website.^[53]

The following universities became four-yr institutions after their founding (date each became a four-yr establishment in parentheses):^{[ citation needed ]}

• Eastward Carolina University (1920)
• North Carolina Fundamental Academy (1925)
• Winston-Salem Country University (1925)
• Western Carolina University (1929)
• Appalachian State University (1929)
• Elizabeth Urban center Land Academy (1937)
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke (1939)
• Fayetteville State University (1939)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville (1963)
• University of Northward Carolina at Charlotte (1963)
• Academy of North Carolina at Wilmington (1963)

With the exception of the University of N Carolina at Pembroke and the University of Due north Carolina School of the Arts, the institutions that joined the University of North Carolina in 1972 did so under their electric current name. Every bit of 1972, all public four-year institutions in North Carolina are members of the University.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Affiliates [edit]

Name	Location	Founded
N Carolina Arboretum	Asheville, Buncombe County	1989
Due north Carolina Center for International Understanding	Raleigh, Wake County
North Carolina Centre for Nursing	Raleigh, Wake County
North Carolina State Approving Agency	Raleigh, Wake County
North Carolina Country Education Assistance Authorization	Raleigh, Wake Canton
UNC Center for Public Media (PBS NC)	Research Triangle Park, Durham Canton	1955
UNC Faculty Assembly	Chapel Hill, Orange County
University of North Carolina Printing	Chapel Colina, Orange County	1922
UNC Staff Assembly	Chapel Hill, Orangish Canton

See also [edit]

• List of colleges and universities in Northward Carolina
• North Carolina Customs College System

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Further reading [edit]

• McGrath, Eileen, and Linda Jacobson. "The Keen Low and Its Impact on an Emerging Research Library: The University of North Carolina Library, 1929–1941," Libraries and the Cultural Tape, (2011), 46#3 pp 295–320.

External links [edit]

• "North Carolina, Academy of". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.

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