The
UNC Policy Manual
The
Code
100.1
SECTION
100. CONSTITUTIONAL
ESTABLISHMENT.
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. [North
Carolina Constitution, Art. IX, Sec. 8]
SECTION
101. INCORPORATION AND
CORPORATE POWERS.
The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina
shall be known and distinguished by the name of "the University of North
Carolina" and shall continue as a body politic and corporate and by that
name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. It shall be able and capable in law to take,
demand, receive, and possess all moneys, goods, and chattels that shall be
given for the use of the University, and to apply the same according to the
will of the donors; and by gift, purchase, or devise to receive, possess,
enjoy, and retain forever any and all real and personal estate and funds, of
whatsoever kind, nature, or quality the same may be, in special trust and
confidence that the same, and the profits thereof, shall be applied to and for
the use and purpose of endowing the University, and shall have power to receive
donations from any source whatever, to be exclusively devoted to the purposes
of the University, or according to the terms of donation.
The corporation shall be able and capable in law to bargain,
sell, grant, alien or dispose of, and convey and assure to the purchasers any
and all such real and personal estate and funds as it may lawfully acquire when
the condition of the grant to it or the will of the devisor does not forbid it;
and shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued in all courts
whatsoever; and shall have power to open and receive subscriptions, and in
general may do all such things as are usually done by bodies corporate and
politic, or such as may be necessary for the promotion of learning and virtue. [See G.S. 116-3]
SECTION
102. COMPOSITION OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
The University of North Carolina shall constitute a single,
multi-campus university composed of the following constituent institutions:
Appalachian
State University,
East
Carolina University,
Elizabeth
City State University,
Fayetteville
State University,
North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,
North
Carolina Central University,
North
Carolina School of Science and Mathematics,
North
Carolina State University at Raleigh,
The
University of North Carolina at Asheville,
The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
The
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
The
University of North Carolina at Pembroke,[1]
The
University of North Carolina at Wilmington,
University
of North Carolina School of the Arts,[2]
Western
Carolina University, and
Winston-Salem State
University.
SECTION
103. EQUALITY OF
OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNIVERSITY.
Admission
to, employment by, and promotion in the University of North Carolina and all of
its constituent institutions shall be on the basis of merit, and there shall be
no unlawful discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age,
disability, genetic information, or veteran status.