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(03/25/24 8:43pm)
In 2022, the N.C. Supreme Court affirmed the “Leandro Plan,” or the Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan, which seeks to supplement under-supported public school districts with a $5 billion boost in annual education spending.
(03/30/23 10:43pm)
I sit in my ECON 411 class twice a week for an hour and 15 minutes learning about strategic games. And almost every time I leave that class I wonder, will I ever actually use this?
(03/21/23 11:59pm)
With the promise of greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates, many high school students opt to take higher-level courses, such as advanced placement classes.
(02/09/23 1:28am)
To major in the humanities is to be open to scrutiny. In a technologically-oriented world, humanities professions are criticized by those who find them useless. This sentiment is shared by leaders like Sen. Marco Rubio, who stated that “we need more welders and less philosophers." This is dangerous, as the humanities are essential in both solving issues and understanding who we are.
(01/30/23 10:07pm)
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(11/18/22 3:56am)
On Nov. 1, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order establishing the Commission on the Governance of Public Universities.
(04/26/22 11:10pm)
As students, it's easy to turn a blind eye to the hiring and retention policies that impact our professors. It’s imperative, however, that we pay attention to the topic of tenure, as it is being threatened across the nation.
(11/29/21 11:34pm)
Earlier this month, the General Assembly passed a $25.9 billion budget for the first time since 2018. The budget was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, but that doesn’t mean it fills the needs of many North Carolinians.
(11/29/21 10:37pm)
The link between politics and higher education is hard to ignore. Campus life — in and outside of the classroom — is shrouded with rigorous debate over ongoing social and political issues and how these issues touch the lives of students.
(11/17/21 11:01am)
North Carolina Central University launched the Marathon Teaching Institute, with the mission of recruiting, retaining and mentoring African American males to become K-12 teachers and educators.
(09/20/21 10:54pm)
The Chapel Hill Historical Society held a workshop on Sunday afternoon centered on how to effectively plan for and use oral histories to improve historical records.
(09/15/21 10:48pm)
For many of us, college is a major step forward in our lives. It’s probably the first time that we have left home and are living on our own for prolonged periods of time.
(04/20/21 11:03pm)
If you’re politically aware, a college student or an avid internet user, there’s a chance you’ve heard of PragerU or Turning Point USA. These conservative-led nonprofit organizations create educational content, report on political news and host conventions for high school and college students.
(03/25/21 9:47pm)
Being a professor is hard. It takes time, hard work and a significant amount of patience. However, there is an argument for the idea that required curriculum — or curriculum as most of us know it — puts professors in a tough spot.
(08/12/20 12:49am)
Last year, students and faculty at UNC-Charlotte called for the removal of John Bogdan from his position as the university’s associate vice chancellor for safety and security. Supporters of the effort cited Bogdan’s tenure as brigade commander at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, accusing him of violating detainees’ human rights.
(06/10/20 1:10am)
You may have wondered what the COVID-19 chapter will look like in a history textbook — but students may be tackling the coronavirus pandemic in the classroom sooner than you think.
(01/13/20 3:00am)
Narivi Roblero, a sophomore at UNC, came to the United States from Guatemala when she was six months old.
(12/03/19 2:03am)
The FUTURE Act, a bill that proposes funding $255 million toward historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions across the United States, has been blocked by the U.S. Senate.
(11/20/19 12:19am)
Earlier this year at UNC-Charlotte, the opinion editor at The Niner Times, Nikolai Mather, received a tip: the associate vice chancellor for safety and security, John Bogdan, was accused of overseeing multiple human rights violations during his tenure as brigade commander at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.
(10/03/19 1:03am)
The Department of Education funds were to be obligated to the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies by Sept. 30, according to a letter published Sept. 17.