UNC governors pressured over chancellor pay raise meeting

CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) — Governors of North Carolina’s public university system are facing pressure over a closed-door meeting that resulted in big pay raises for a dozen top campus executives.

The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors meets Friday to decide whether to release details of the private meeting two weeks ago that led to pay raises of up to 20 percent for chancellors at 12 of the state’s 17 campuses. The board acted after consultants told them the chancellors were underpaid.

The demand from state legislative leaders comes ahead of a meeting Wednesday reviewing the board’s recent actions.

Some faculty members have complained about the raises for chancellors when they say their pay has been stagnant for years.

University faculty and other employees received a $750 bonus but no raises this year.

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