Historically black N.C. schools battle declining enrollment, look to move forward
Stefan Weathers didn’t always have a historically black college or university on his radar.
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Stefan Weathers didn’t always have a historically black college or university on his radar.
As universities across the country continue to recover from the 2008 economic downturn, many administrators are prioritizing investments in faculty recruitment and retention.
Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday on the Peace & Justice Plaza, almost spilling over onto Franklin Street, with signs and chants that showed a growing discontent with state politics.
CLARIFICATION: An early version of this story said that 80 percent of Teach for America corps members leave the teaching profession after three years. That statistic conflicted with the numbers provided by Teach for America.
Court officials in Wake County are looking to simplify the aftermath of nearly 1,000 people being arrested over the dozen Moral Monday protests this summer — but some UNC-affiliated arrestees say they are hesitant to comply.
Long before the N.C. General Assembly finalized a new state budget last month, higher education leaders knew two more years of tight finances would be on the horizon.
For a decade, in-state students in the UNC system have seen their tuition steadily increase — including a 13.5 percent rise at UNC-CH for 2012-13 that sparked a student outcry on campus. But system president Tom Ross said at Thursday’s Board of Governors meeting in Chapel Hill that he wants to put the brakes on tuition hikes for North Carolina residents next year.
I for one wasn’t expecting a 2013 N.C. General Assembly session that pulsed on for the entire summer, outlasting my tenure as The Daily Tar Heel’s State & National Editor.
North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell remembers when a seventh-grader named Ivory Latta caught her eye at a UNC summer basketball camp.
At last week’s meeting of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments, Board of Governors Chairman Peter Hans came to the members with a challenge.
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has cleared the first hurdles of an extensive process to mount a constitutional attack on North Carolina’s Amendment One, the state’s ban on gay marriage.
UPDATE: Gov. Pat McCrory released a statement Friday afternoon confirming he would sign Senate Bill 353 into law if it is approved by the N.C. Senate next week.
The North Carolina field hockey team is no stranger to having its name connected to athletics honors, and incoming members of this year’s team have hit the national spotlight more than a month before the season starts.
Federal student loans will be on many new students’ horizons as they finalize their financial aid packages next month.
A sea of pink and purple, men and women, seniors and children lined both sides of Jones Street in Raleigh Wednesday, chanting “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
In the midst of celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s gay marriage rulings last week, Jen Jones called her fiancee Laura Meadows and popped the question a second time.
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the most famous Civil War battle — and UNC history professor Fitzhugh Brundage is one of several scholars calling into question some common assumptions about the war.
UNC’s race-conscious admissions policy remains in place after months in limbo at the U.S. Supreme Court — but its long-term future is still uncertain.
It’s safe to say that gay rights supporters — and their #MarriageEquality and #LoveisLove hashtags — staged a sweeping takeover of the Twittersphere Wednesday, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated rulings on same-sex marriage.
UNC sophomore Jean-Luc Rivera discovered a knack for teaching early in his high school career, when he tutored classmates in Advanced Placement biology.