University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Scholarships===
{{see also|Morehead-Cain Scholarship|Robertson Scholars Program}}

For decades, UNC-Chapel Hill has offered an undergraduate merit scholarship known as the [[Morehead-Cain Scholarship]]. Recipients receive full tuition, room and board, books, and funds for summer study for four years. Since the inception of the Morehead, 29 alumni of the program have been named [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moreheadcain.org/about/news/paul_laurence_rhodes_scholars/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822120920/http://moreheadcain.org/about/news/paul_laurence_rhodes_scholars/|archive-date=August 22, 2011|title=Paul Shorkey '11 and Laurence Deschamps-Laporte '11 Named Rhodes Scholars|access-date=November 23, 2010|year=2010|publisher=Morehead–Cain Foundation
}}</ref> Since 2001, North Carolina has also co-hosted the [[Robertson Scholars Program|Robertson Scholars Leadership Program]], a merit scholarship and leadership development program granting recipients full student privileges at both UNC-Chapel Hill and neighboring [[Duke University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertsonscholars.org/about-us/mission/|title=About Us|year=2013|publisher=The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program|access-date=August 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810052255/http://robertsonscholars.org/about-us/mission/|archive-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> Additionally, the university provides scholarships based on merit and leadership qualities, including the Carolina, Colonel Robinson, Johnston and Pogue Scholars programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://studentaid.unc.edu/studentaid/type/ssa_scholarships.html |title=Merit-Based Scholarships |year=2008 |publisher=UNC Office of Scholarships and Student Aid |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321065548/http://studentaid.unc.edu/studentaid/type/ssa_scholarships.html |archive-date=March 21, 2008   }}</ref>

In 2003, Chancellor [[James Moeser]] announced the Carolina Covenant, wherein UNC offers a debt free education to low-income students who are accepted to the university. The program was the first of its kind at a public university and the second overall in the nation (following [[Princeton University]]). About 80 other universities have since followed suit.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mary Beth|last=Marklein|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-09-26-covenent-loans_x.htm|title=Right to an education bound in a Covenant|date=September 26, 2006|location=McLean, VA|work=USA Today|access-date=July 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007005033/http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2006-09-26-covenent-loans_x.htm|archive-date=October 7, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>