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As the largest
university-based local
government training,
advisory, and research
organization in the United
States, the School of
Government serves more
than 12,000 public officials
each year.

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Administration Program

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Adverse Weather Alert for Sept. 17-21

Campus has returned to normal operations as of 8 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18. For more information about the University’s policies on adverse weather or to find any updates, visit alertcarolina.unc.edu.

The Leading for Results course for Cohort 1 of LGFCU Fellows has been canceled, with all participants invited to participate in Cohort 2 or a session in 2019.

The Effective Supervisory Management Program course to be held Sept. 17-21 has been canceled.

The Development Finance Toolbox course to be held Sept. 18-19 has been canceled.

The first week of Municipal and County Administration to be held Sept. 18-21 has been postponed.

Please check our website for any other changes in course schedules.

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Bulletin

Changes Affecting Higher Education

For the second session in a row, the General Assembly was generous in its appropriations to the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the state’s Community College System. The 2006 session was a good one financially, and 2007 was even better. The extension of the relief from many lean years in a row was the chief legislative story regarding higher education.

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