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Publish Date: 2026-05-26 05:00:00

Higher Stakes is a weekly newsletter about higher education from The News & Observer and reporter Jane Winik Sartwell.

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Hello reader! Welcome back to Higher Stakes, where we explore what drove the news in higher education this week. I’m your host, Jane Winik Sartwell.

Now that Memorial Day weekend has passed, it’s officially summer vacation. It’s still my absolute favorite time of year, even though I no longer have one. Just because classes are out of session, that doesn’t mean the higher ed news stops.

What happened at UNC System committee meetings this week

Here’s what I noticed at the UNC System Board of Governors committee meetings Wednesday.

The legislature still hasn’t provided enrollment funding. That’s the system’s single biggest legislative priority during this session. When describing the long-awaited budget framework to the board, the system’s chief financial officer, Jennifer Haygood, noted that there is nothing in that framework related to enrollment funding. A bill called “UNC Enrollment” hasn’t had any action since April 21.
The board authorized planning for a medical school at UNC Wilmington. Now, the school can begin planning to seek accreditation for a Doctor of Medicine program.
The system officially joined the Board of Directors for the Commission for Public Higher Education, an accrediting body formed by six public university systems including those of North Carolina and Florida. “The [existing] accreditation bodies have become rather rigid in their methods,” system President Peter Hans said at the…

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