Former N.C. Gov. Perdue to be chairperson of National Assessment Governing Board
Former Gov. Beverly Perdue was announced as the new chairperson to the National Assessment Governing Board, making her the first woman to hold the position.
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Former Gov. Beverly Perdue was announced as the new chairperson to the National Assessment Governing Board, making her the first woman to hold the position.
Three universities and one community college district filed a lawsuit in response to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy implemented in August that may make it easier for international students to receive lengthy bans from the country.
Students, academics, community members and political practitioners gathered in Wilson Library’s Pleasants Family Assembly Room Saturday to discuss the current state and the future of education policy in North Carolina.
The Trump administration is working to overhaul current Title IX regulations, including how schools handle allegations of sexual harassment and assault. This would be one of several changes the U.S. Department of Education has made to Title IX enforcement.
A recent report by the University of Southern California's Race and Equity Center suggested minority students at UNC-Chapel Hill are poorly represented on campus.
CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this article stated that UNC had not done studies on food and housing insecurity and does not have any studies currently in the works. UNC administration has not done these studies; however, University faculty and their classes have published research on the issue. This information is now included.
Caroline Brewer, a UNC first-year majoring in biology, began considering careers in the public sector after interning at a Durham-based global health nonprofit. She plans to go to graduate school for public health and realizes that she will likely have to take out loans, but is considering using the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Lilly Mills remembers her sex education class at Asheville High School well. She learned the basics about sexually transmitted diseases and was told that abstinence was the only true way to avoid those diseases.
The U.S. Department of Education released a Free Application for Federal Student Aid mobile app called myStudentAid on Monday morning in an effort to make the financial aid process more accessible and less intimidating for students.
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the U.S. Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Act of 2019, which includes changes to Pell grants and other federal financial aid programs.
A recent study shows college students across the nation are only primed for entry-level positions and are unprepared for promotion in the postgraduate workforce.
Three years after the passing of the Every Student Succeeds Act, North Carolina doesn't have a lot to show — the state is either underperforming or neglecting its accountability, according to a new report by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
For UNC students looking for ways to link their love of English with various career fields, the English and Comparative Literature department has created seven new concentrations which launched this fall.
The rate of college students seeking counseling for depression and anxiety is rising, according to a report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, and students are questioning the role of universities in providing mental health services.
Comparing the value of education to the price students pay in tuition, UNC ranked second in best-valued schools in the U.S., according to The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education College Rankings.
After the University received reports of another possible demonstration in McCorkle Place, the administration urged students not to attend but assured the efforts to protect safety for those who do.
Since its inception in 2011, North Carolina Career and College Promise has allowed high school students to earn credits for college classes while still in high school, and amid a national conversation about dual-enrollment programs, it continues to be a useful tool.
Update 11:32 a.m.: UNC has provided a statement to The Daily Tar Heel from Adrienne Allison, director of Title IX compliance, saying it is aware of The New York Times story.
Students at three UNC-System schools – UNC-Pembroke, Western Carolina University and Elizabeth City State University – are seeing decreases this semester in their tuition costs thanks to the NC Promise Plan.
Although students may not have been thinking about how to reform the college experience over their summer break, lawmakers were busy trying to update and streamline many facets of higher education.