Location: Greenville, N.C.
Type: four-year, public
Year founded: 1907
Total enrollment (fall 2014): 26,887
Undergraduate enrollment: 21,508
Undergraduate applicants (fall 2011): 15,320
Acceptance Rate: 73.4 percent
Graduation rate (after four years, 2010): 31 percent
In-state undergraduate tuition and fees (2014-15): $6,143
Sports nickname: Pirates
Website: www.ecu.edu
UNC snapped their three game losing streak to the Pirates with their 2-1 win and leaned on solid performances from all three of their pitchers: Bovair, sophomore Dalton Pence and junior Max Carlson.
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East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Stanton is resigning after three years in his position.
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Nursing schools are preparing nurses to combat medical changes presented by opioid misuse.
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The new president of the UNC-system student body president, elected Wednesday, is Bettylenah Njaramba, a junior at N.C. Central University. Drugs were found in an ECU fraternity house Tuesday after a long investigation. UNC-system President Margaret Spellings spoke about education reform and investment at the Reagan Institute’s Summit on Education in Washington. "I think people are exhausted with education reform or feel like it's not possible to close the achievement gap," Spellings said. "So I think the boulder is drifting back down the hill because of a lack of urgency around the imperative of closing the achievement gap."
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Schools in the UNC system have cracked down on fraternities for violating student codes of conduct after a series of deaths at fraternities in 2017.
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Also known as the Mexico City Policy, the rule was enacted by President Donald Trump on his first day in office and forbids the allocation of U.S. foreign aid to organizations that offer abortion services or information.
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N.C. State students take an unusual approach to their solar vehicle competition, astronaut Christina Koch keeps busy as she awaits her first mission, and an ECU professor combines economics, farming and the environment.
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Although a December study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ranked North Carolina as best in the nation for campus free speech, debate continues over the controversial free speech policy adopted by the UNC Board of Governors on Dec. 15.
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In the past five years, the UNC-Chapel Hill Police Department has used two confidential informants to assist with investigations.
Read More »The annual North Carolina public schools accountability report was released Thursday — prompting discussions about how the education system should move forward.
Read More »East Carolina University’s new look is due in part to Chancellor Cecil Staton – and the university’s growing national acclaim.
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