Category: UNC

UNC to Offer Free Tuition to Some Students After SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

The University of North Carolina (UNC) will be offering free tuition to some students following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling to strike down race-based admissions policies at U.S. colleges—also referred to as affirmative action policies. The high court ruled in favor of Students for Fair Admissions in its cases against Harvard College (the undergraduate college of Harvard…


North Carolina University Cancels Class for 30,000 Students After Possible Suicide

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said that Tuesday classes were canceled for its 30,000 students after police investigated a possible suicide and an attempted suicide over the past weekend. In a statement, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewic, without elaborating, said the school is in a “mental health crisis” and that “we are aware that college-aged…