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Brianna Atkinson

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Brianna Atkinson is WUNC's higher education reporter, working in partnership with Open Campus and NC Local.

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One policy. 17 results. How NC public universities are complying with a DEI ban

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCSeptember 12, 2024September 12, 2024

There’s a wide range of approaches to the UNC System’s new policy against diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Posted inNorth Carolina

The UNC System is coming after DEI on campuses. The LGBTQ community worries it’s next.

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCSeptember 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Students and staff worry the policy change will make them feel unsafe and unwelcome.

Posted inNorth Carolina

How AI is transforming agriculture at North Carolina’s largest HBCU

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCAugust 20, 2024August 23, 2024

Researchers at N.C. A&T State University are incorporating artificial intelligence into farming.

Posted inNorth Carolina

UNC Board of Governors unanimously approves program cuts at UNC Asheville, UNC Greensboro

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJuly 25, 2024August 9, 2024

It means that four departments and two language concentrations at UNC-Asheville and a combination of 20 programs, majors and minors at UNC-Greensboro are no longer available to new students.

Posted inNorth Carolina

Here are the steps North Carolina’s public universities are taking to obey a new DEI ban

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJuly 15, 2024May 9, 2025

North Carolina’s 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Math have about six weeks to prove they are complying with a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Posted inNorth Carolina

‘Absolutely absurd’: community feels shut out from UNC System meetings

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJuly 8, 2024July 8, 2024

Only a handful of students were allowed into a UNC Board of Governors meeting in which they voted to ban DEI.

Posted inNorth Carolina

DEI offices in danger under new guidance from UNC System

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJuly 2, 2024July 2, 2024

While the guidance doesn’t instruct chancellors specifically to eliminate all DEI offices, it does require significant changes.

Posted inNorth Carolina

Founding professor of UNC Asheville’s religious studies department says cuts threaten ‘core’ of university

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJune 14, 2024June 21, 2024

Over the past five years, UNC Asheville’s enrollment has dropped 25%. The chancellor has proposed eliminating six departments.

Posted inNorth Carolina

N.C. Central’s next chancellor is Winston-Salem native

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCJune 6, 2024June 21, 2024

Karrie Dixon earned her bachelor and doctorate degrees at N.C. State University, as well as a master’s degree from UNC-Greensboro.

Posted inNorth Carolina

University of North Carolina System bans diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

By Brianna Atkinson, WUNCMay 23, 2024May 23, 2024

North Carolina joins a growing list of states with policies in place banning DEI efforts on college campuses.

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