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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.
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How the Rise and Fall of Shaw’s Medical School Helps Explain Modern Racial Disparities
Journalist Nicole Carr’s debut book includes pieces of North Carolina history that surprised the Tar Heel State native.
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State Lawmakers Revive Push to Exempt Campus Discipline from Public Records Law
GOP Sen. Michael Lee says the bill would prevent sexual assault victims from being identified. Critics say it would protect perpetrators.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor
The rare move comes a year after the board delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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How Should Math Teachers Teach Math?
The system’s educator-preparation programs are “proactively” looking at changes to how they teach math.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Civics School to Split From College of Arts & Sciences
The school has been part of the university’s largest academic unit since its inception. It has grown quickly, with support from the state legislature, but has also attracted controversy.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Coronavirus Researcher Ralph Baric to Retire
Baric’s life’s work paved the way for vaccines against COVID-19. But it brought scrutiny to him, his lab, and UNC-CH in the process.
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These UNC System Schools Want to Create Three-Year Degrees
Eleven of the system’s 16 universities proposed new reduced-credit undergraduate programs, which are gaining popularity across the country.
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Five Takeaways from 1,100 Pages of Records About the Dean Dome
The documents offer a glimpse into how UNC-Chapel Hill officials landed on moving the arena to the planned satellite campus at Carolina North.
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Community Colleges Want in on UNC System’s Push for 3-Year Degrees
Two community college presidents wrote to their system leader expressing concern about a proposal to create accelerated degree programs.
