Three-quarters of the candidates newly elected to the state legislature appear to be entering public office for the first time.
Korie Dean
Korie Dean is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she covered higher ed as part of the state government and politics team. She grew up in Efland and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Posted inPolitics & Government
Did Moving NC State’s Early Voting Location Impact Turnout?
Pack the Polls helped students make plans to vote after Wake County Board of Elections moved a longtime polling place.
Posted inHigher Education
UNC-CH Students Could Open N.C.’s First New Credit Union in Two Decades
If the state approves it, organizers say Carolina Students’ Credit Union would be the country’s only student-run credit union at a public university.
Posted inHigher Education
UNC System Enacts Restrictions on Automatic License Plate Readers
The public university system issued new requirements for campuses using tools like Flock cameras.
Posted inHigher Education
Why These Two UNC System Schools Are Partnering on the Arts
UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC School of the Arts plan to share technology and let students take classes on both campuses.
Posted inHigher Education
UNC-CH Signs ‘Agreement’ With Federal Government Over Alleged Discrimination
UNC-Chapel Hill is the latest university to settle with the Trump administration, but it will avoid the major financial penalties the government has imposed on many of its peers.
Posted inHigher Education
This N.C. University Offers the First 3-Year Bachelor’s Degree in the Southeast
Charlotte’s Johnson & Wales University launched a “career-focused” undergraduate degree in hospitality management this fall.
Posted inK-12 Education
How N.C. Community Colleges Aim to Foster Economic Mobility for High Schoolers
Three students shared their experiences taking dual enrollment classes at The Assembly and United Way of the Greater Triangle’s Newsmakers event in Durham.
Posted inHigher Education
New UNC System Faculty Chair Wants ‘Best Practices’ for Shared Governance
UNC Asheville music professor Toby King enters his role as chair of the UNC System Faculty Assembly after a contentious year.
Posted inHigher Education
This N.C. College Leader Thinks Two-Year Schools Can Save the Middle Class
Monty Sullivan, the new president of the N.C. Community College System, talks like an evangelist for the schools.
