The University of North Carolina Board of Governors, known more commonly as the UNC Board of Governors, is the governing body of the University of North Carolina system.[1] The board is composed of 24 members, selected by the state legislature.

Overview

The board is charged with “the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance” of the UNC system, a system of 17 campuses.[2] The current form of the Board was created in 1971.[3] One of the large roles of the board is the election of the UNC System President, currently Peter Hans.[4]

The board must elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary from within its voting membership for two-year terms that begin on July 1 of even-numbered years. The current executives are Randall C. Ramsey serving as chair, Wendy Floyd Murphy serving as vice chair, and Pearl Burris-Floyd serving as secretary.[5]

History

The Board of Governors was created in 1971 under Governor Bob Scott, replacing a previous system that was composed of a 100 person board that managed 6 state funded universities, and a State Board of Higher Education that managed 9 other universities. This centralized the governance of all public universities in the state by creating a 32 member board of governors for the UNC System, a board of trustees and chancellor for each university.

In 2019, Governor Cooper signed legislation to reduce the size of the Board of Governors to 24. [6]

References

  1. ^ "Profiles: UNC Board of Governors Members".
  2. ^ "UNC Board of Governors".
  3. ^ "So What is the UNC-System Board of Governors?".
  4. ^ "Roper named interim UNC president. He and Spellings will overlap for 2 weeks during transition".
  5. ^ "Board of Governors | UNC System Office". www.northcarolina.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  6. ^ "Running UNC has long been a numbers game".