Based on my recent dissertation formatting review experience, in the current format, the space between the title "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" and the first line on this page seems too large, it should be the same as the space between the title "ABSTRACT" and the first line on that page.
In the unccspecs.sty file, I commented one line "\vspace{\baselineskip}", the following format seems correct.
Based on my recent dissertation formatting review experience, in the current format, the space between the title "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS" and the first line on this page seems too large, it should be the same as the space between the title "ABSTRACT" and the first line on that page.
In the unccspecs.sty file, I commented one line "\vspace{\baselineskip}", the following format seems correct.
\newcommand{\acknowledgments}[1] {
\begin{centering}
\begin{singlespace}
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\
\vspace{\baselineskip} %\vspace{\baselineskip} \end{singlespace} \end{centering}
1
\newpage }