Students at more than half of all North Carolina community colleges will not be allowed to use their student IDs to vote because their schools failed to get required state approval.
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Brianna Atkinson covers higher education. Email her at batkinson@wunc.org
Jacob Biba covers community colleges. Email him at jacob@nclocal.org
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UNC enrolled a record number of freshmen this year. University leaders want more
By 2030, trustees want to see enrollment go up to 6,250 resident students. And continue to enroll 5% of the state’s high school graduates every year after.
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North Carolina prioritizes workforce training in revamped community college funding model
Propel NC gives two-year public schools more money for programs that train workers for jobs in high-demand fields that pay well.
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Wake Tech’s push to promote and challenge college’s purpose
More than 76,000 students take some form of coursework at Wake Tech each year.
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East Carolina balancing how to reshape around changing public values
The Greenville-area university also includes a medical school, hospital system, and a separate coastal campus along one of the largest estuaries in the United States.
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Meredith navigates how to sell itself in a region increasingly seeing college as a transaction
Meredith College is one of three women’s colleges in North Carolina and the only in the Triangle.
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As Duke reviews federal discrimination claims, some worry the university might overcomply
Federal officials say Duke’s law school discriminated against white and Asian prospective students in favor of Black and Hispanic applicants.
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‘Adjust yourself accordingly.’ UNC-Chapel Hill academic departments urged to adhere to student demand and workforce needs
Chancellors across institutions in North Carolina have eliminated several programs and departments in an attempt to balance yearslong budget deficits.
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Popular Ag extension program bridges academic-farming divide, despite federal cuts
North Carolina’s Cooperative Extension Program has been around for more than a century.
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Public universities to receive long-awaited ‘enrollment growth’ funding, but some financial pressures still remain
Legislators earmarked just shy of $154 million for enrollment funding.