Lack of suicide statistics at universities raises questions of prevention, response
A recent study found nearly half of the 100 largest public universities — including UNC-Chapel Hill — do not keep statistics on campus suicides.
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Stuck in limbo: Future for Dreamers remains uncertain
Amid debates in Congress over the future of DACA, the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration wrote a letter to the majority and minority leaders of each house urging them to find a resolution for the Obama-era legislation.
Chapel Hill High School's newspaper transitions to being fully online
Chapel Hill High’s student newspaper, the Proconian, will be going digital starting this year. The decision to move to an online platform was one of funding, time and ease of reaching readership.
Mainland universities offer education for Puerto Rican students displaced by hurricane
As the spring semester begins on many university campuses in the United States, some mainland schools have opened their doors to Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria, the storm that ravaged the island last September.
Orange County Schools struggle to cap class size for NC legislation
North Carolina school districts are facing a funding crisis. In Orange County, voters approved a $120 million-dollar bond in November 2016 to renovate several school buildings, but additional funding for teachers and new classrooms will be needed to comply with a proposed reduction in class sizes for kindergarten through third grade.
PROSPER Act could make first changes to Higher Education Act since 2008
A proposed U.S. House bill by the Committee on Education and the Workforce could bring sweeping reform to higher education policy.
Q&A with Durham Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga
Pascal Mubenga is the new superintendent for Durham Public Schools. Staff writer Rachel McKinney talked with Mubenga about his thoughts on the new job and what Durham residents can expect.
Girl code: University programs promote women and girls in STEM
Despite research showing increased diversity of work teams yields better performance in the technology sector, the industry is still plagued by a lack of female presence.
St. Gregory’s University is the latest of string of small colleges set to close
St. Gregory’s University — a small, private, Catholic institution in Oklahoma — announced last week its plans to suspend all operations after the fall 2017 semester due to financial troubles.
'They’ve paid their time': Ex-felons face barriers in seeking higher ed
Directors of prison education initiatives across the nation are finding that many of their formerly incarcerated students, despite individual merit, are being barred from entry to institutions of higher education.
Strayer, Capella merger continues conversation about for-profit colleges
Strayer Education Inc. and Capella Education Company announced Oct. 30 the two for-profit universities will merge. This all-stock merger will result in the operation of both universities under the Strayer name.
Some students in North Carolina pay tuition for public schools
This year, 20 Orange County Schools students' and their families did something that seems antithetical to attending a public primary or secondary school — they paid tuition.
Taxing, funding and a tale of two school districts
For more than 100 years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has had a special tax, providing additional funding to the district — a tax Orange County Schools lacks.
Selective universities accepting fewer low-income students, study finds
A new report by New America has found that colleges are accepting fewer low-income students than they were 20 years ago.
Weaver Street Market hosts fundraiser for students in Orange County Schools
Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough began a fundraiser at the end of this past summer with Orange County Schools to raise money to help feed children over the holiday season who are on free and reduced lunch plans.
Q&A with John Williams, CHCCS Principal of the Year
John Williams is the principal at Phoenix Academy High School in Chapel Hill and was recently named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Principal of the Year. Staff writer Jacquelyn Melinek spoke with Williams about the award and his experience as an educator.
Fayetteville State granted $8.2 million for GEAR UP college prep programs
Fayetteville State University will receive $8.2 million over the next seven years for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.
Orange County Schools works on advanced course achievement gap
The students at Orange County Schools that enrolled in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way courses took a total of 1,042 advanced exams in the 2016-17 school year.
Orange County Schools remains positive about concussion awareness despite recent injuries
It was hard to take a positive stance on concussion avoidance in Orange County Schools on Oct. 23, but Emily Gaddy tried her best to.
State Senate passes class size compromise bill
The N.C. Senate passed a compromise Tuesday to extend the deadline for schools to meet new class size requirements until fall 2018 — a year later than House Bill 13 had proposed.
