Student loan interest rate proposal draws critics
President Barack Obama has offered a way to keep interest rates on student loans low, but critics say it might not be a long-term solution.
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President Barack Obama has offered a way to keep interest rates on student loans low, but critics say it might not be a long-term solution.
Education experts urged teachers Tuesday to offer their own solutions for improving schools in light of numerous changes proposed by state legislators.
Chelsey Dulaney is running for Editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel for the 2013-14 school year.
WINSTON-SALEM — A closely contested race for the next UNC-system Association of Student Governments leaders ended Saturday with only one ticket on the ballot.
A measure that aims to restrict the ability of for-profit schools to use federal money for advertising has received the backing of N.C. leaders at both the state and federal levels.
The Republican leadership at the N.C. General Assembly pledged Tuesday to make a second attempt at passing a controversial measure requiring photo identification at polling places.
The federal government could soon propose a large-scale brain research project that University experts say would have significant medical and economic benefits.
A UNC-system proposal to raise the out-of-state enrollment cap has found an unexpected proponent — one of the system’s smaller schools.
According to East Carolina University, tomorrow can only start in one place.
Once again, members of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments are considering a move to stop funding the association.
UNC’s newly approved gender-neutral housing option won’t begin until next fall — but outside groups are already protesting the program, calling it unfair.
University leaders have said next year’s tuition increases will maintain UNC-CH’s academic quality and attractiveness in the face of budget cuts.
UNC-CH students spent the night in the Campus Y Tuesday in support of gender-neutral housing — a policy that almost 100 colleges nationwide have already implemented.
The national trend toward higher tuition is virtually universal, but the methods used to get there are anything but.
By Amy Tsai
Before UNC’s estimated 3,100 out-of-state undergraduate students decide whether to vote in this fall’s election, they must first answer a crucial question — where to vote.
A recent study by Yale University deepens concerns of the academic community — including UNC-CH professors — that gender inequality remains a problem in science fields.
Striking teachers returned to the classroom in Chicago this week, but the controversy surrounding teacher evaluations in North Carolina is not likely to end anytime soon.
As the number of female economists increases, a recent study suggests that the perspectives and research interests of university economics professors are diversifying.