Higher education Coverage

Appalachian State University chancellor to resign due to 'health challenges'

Appalachian State University's chancellor, Sheri Everts, has announced her resignation in a letter published Monday.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Woz tells students: AI will never replace ‘human element’

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who serves as High Point University’s Innovator in Residence, told a group of students from HPU’s […]

FAFSA data delays mean students wait longer to learn if they get financial aid

Colleges won't start receiving students' financial aid data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, until the first half of March - more than a month later than expected.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN

Nearly 9 million student loan borrowers missed their first payment after pandemic pause ended

Washington (CNN) -- Nearly 9 million borrowers missed their first student loan payment after the pandemic-related pause ended this fall, the Department of Education said Friday.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN

90-year-old woman earns master's degree

A 90-year-old woman becomes the oldest person to earn a master's degree at the University of North Texas

Duke University getting $100 million award from Duke Endowment

According to the university, it is the largest, single award in its history. Duke University was founded in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke.

Duke University receives $100 million; largest single award in school history

The award will support Duke's new financial aid initiative of fully covering tuition for undergraduate students from North and South Carolina with qualifying family incomes. The initiative, announced in June, will support more than 340 undergrad students during the current semester.

Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter

PAUL FULTON: Little wonder why UNC's Guskiewicz might leave

Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 -- Consider what's become of public education in North Carolina. UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz can be seen as a casualty of a toxic environment that has politicized public education from top to bottom.

Fresh off $2M fund raise, higher ed firm Element451 makes an acquisition

The two companies have worked together in the past, collaborating on a podcast series on ChatGPT and Generative AI earlier this year. The Enrollify content will serve to support the existing Element451 "Engage" resources.

MARK MERRITT: What we learn is not limited to the classroom

Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 -- The interactions with and exposure to other students who come from different places, have different economic circumstances, have different skin colors or religions or have different political viewpoints are a big part of what makes a university great.

DAVID RICE: UNC students 'deserve to believe they belong'

Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 -- If ever there was a contrast between those who want students at the University of North Carolina to represent all of North Carolina and those who don't, it was on full display recently with UNC-Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Supreme Court gives UNC an 'ivory' Bell Tower

Wednesday, July 5, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DAVID RICE: UNC Commission offers recommendations legislators should heed

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 -- A bipartisan commission appointed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper - led by Republican former UNC President Margaret Spellings and Democratic former UNC President Tom Ross - has made recommendations to depoliticize the System that need to be considered by legislators. Despite their initial dismissals of the panel's suggestions as "DOA," legislators must seriously review the recommendations - not reflexively send them back to the governor stamped "Veto."

Affirmative action: UNC lawsuit could change college admissions nationwide. What you need to know.

Nearly every student at North Carolina's flagship university is white or Asian, despite decades of affirmative action policies. But a U.S. Supreme Court case says there are still too many Black and Hispanic students being admitted, at the expense of white and Asian students with higher test scores.

Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter

Fact check: Do college graduates earn $1 million more over a lifetime than high school graduates?

State University of New York trustee Stanley S. Litow, a public policy professor and innovator in residence at Duke University, said: "Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one."

Elizabeth Egan and Marnique O. Panepento, PolitiFact reporters

Governor says college degrees will not be required now for many state jobs

With over 1,400 job openings within the state, Governor Roy Cooper gave an executive order to allow state jobs to not require higher education degrees for openings. WRAL's Aaron Thomas spoke with officials and a person affected by this to learn what it means for the state.

Editorial: UNC trustees' new 'school' is affirmative action for the privileged

Friday, Feb. 17, 2023 -- While UNC-Chapel Hill Trustee Chair David Boliek and others would like to create a culture of victimhood - nothing could be further from the truth. More likely he and his allies are looking, at public expense, to provide a platform of indoctrination for their ideological bias and groom future generations to their point of view.

Controversy continues over proposed school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

On Friday, a proposed resolution coming before the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Faculty Council argues against the creation of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter

Controversy continues over new proposed UNC school

On Friday, a proposed resolution coming before the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Faculty Council argues against the creation of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

UNC Board of Trustees accelerating creation of new school

UNC Board of Trustees voted to accelerate the creation of "The School of Civic Life and Leadership" Monday.

Chris Lovingood, WRAL anchor/reporter

Governor's review of the way UNC system is run gets underway

Gov. Roy Cooper wants to change UNC system governance. The group he appointed to study it met for the first time Wednesday.

Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter

DAVID RICE: Ross & Spellings aim to organize UNC System for success

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 -- Two former Presidents of the UNC System who will lead a commission to assess the System's governing structure say the panel will examine models across the country and try to better define the roles of board members and organize for success.

'We are in a crisis': Parents, advocates calling for more mental health resources after 4th NC State suicide

Another North Carolina State University student died of an apparent suicide on Thursday, the fourth such death this semester, according to a university spokesman.

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NC State cancels classes for Wednesday to help students with their mental health

North Carolina State University canceled class for all its students on Wednesday in response to recent student suicides.

Editorial: Supreme Court needs to follow the law, uphold UNC affirmative action in admissions

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 -- Diversity and inclusion are critical to a well-rounded education that prepares students to effectively engage in a society that treats people with dignity and respect. It is fundamental to our democracy and the Supreme Court should not divert from that mission.