UNC Keeps More Faculty

The Daily Tar Heel
By: Kevin Kiley, Staff Writer

9/14/07
 
Every year UNC competes to retain faculty members who receive offers from other universities.... It's a fight that administrators see as a major challenge but an area where the University has made slow, yet noticeable progress.

In 2003 UNC's retention rate was 40 percent. In 2006 it rose to 52 percent. It increased again this year to 72 percent - the highest level in five years. Officials attribute the rise in retention rates in part to faculty salary increases approved by the General Assembly in the past two years. Click here to read more...