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.
UNC Charlotte Changes Course on Transgender Housing
The university cited an executive order from President Trump as the reason for the change.
How Should Math Teachers Teach Math?
The system’s educator-preparation programs are “proactively” looking at changes to how they teach math.
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.
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.
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.
How Two Duke Alumni Helped Conservatives Take Over the NEH
The Trump administration fired most of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ advisory board last year. Two Duke-trained political theorists are key figures now running the agency.
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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.
Why I’m Proud To Be a Woke Professor
Conservatives keep using that word. I don’t think it means what they think it means.
Trump Cuts Threaten to Halt Two Decades of HIV Vaccine Research
Duke has led a national HIV research consortium since 2005, with several promising vaccines ready for trials. Now the NIH is ending its major grant.
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.
What N.C. State’s Arena Move Tells Us About the Dean Dome’s Future
Nearly 30 years ago, N.C. State basketball moved from Reynolds Coliseum to an off-campus court.
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