The East Carolina University Board of Trustees voted unanimously this month to adopt a “Resolution on the Affirmation of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech.” The resolution is based on the UNC Board of Trustee report and the 1967 Kalven Committee Report from The University of Chicago.
Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro education funding lawsuit urge the state Supreme Court to reject two recent motions in the case. The N.C. Justice Department also opposes the motions from state legislative leaders and the controller’s office. Both motions ask the state’s highest court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
A Senate bill banning TikTok and other social media platforms on government devices was passed Tuesday in the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
North Carolina State University will no longer require applicants to answer an essay question affirming the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda, according to the school’s media relations department.
Almost a month after a jury ruled against her, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg student is appealing her case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The student claims the city and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools mishandled her report of a sexual assault near Myers Park High School in 2015.
North Carolina State University now requires undergraduate applicants to answer an essay question affirming their support for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) agenda.
A measure to require students to take a computer science course prior to graduating high school passed through the North Carolina House Education Committee Feb. 14. The committee also passed a bill to revamp the governance structure of three schools for deaf and blind students, a bill vetoed by Gov. Cooper in 2022.
Local boards of education are becoming ever-frustrated with a North Carolina law that puts restrictions on the start and end dates for the school year. The North Carolina House Education k-12 Committee has five separate bills that would, to various degrees, give local school systems more flexibility to set their own academic calendars. The bills...
The N.C. Appeals Court will decide in the coming months whether the Harnett County school system must pay $197,000 to resolve a pension-spiking case. An appellate panel heard oral arguments Monday.
State legislative leaders and the state controller are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to block a forced money transfer tied to the long-running Leandro education funding case. In separate motions filed Wednesday, Controller Nels Roseland and top lawmakers asked the high court to restore a previous order from the N.C. Court of Appeals.
According to a 2017 study, HBCUs generate $1.7 billion in total economic impact. The 7,784 North Carolina HBCU 2014 graduates can expect total earnings of $20.7 billion over their lifetimes, or about $2.66 million each on average.
