5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (727+ words) Every year, in his "This Place Called the 'South'" class, UNC-Chapel Hill professor Seth Kotch kicks off a semester-long round of Trivial Pursuit with his American Studies students. His seven-paged syllabus usually operates as a kind of instruction manual. Color-coded…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (743+ words) Sydney Webb scrimped and saved to pay for an eight-week certified nursing assistant program at a North Carolina community college. On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (491+ words) North Carolina is home to more than 100 higher education institutions. They include large research universities, small private liberal arts colleges, HBCUs, single-gender colleges, community colleges, and others. Some focus on workforce pipeline training, others are attached to enormous healthcare systems,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1053+ words) Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' Board of Education took one step Thursday night in a larger plan to rezone students from across the district. District officials say this process is an effort to "rightsize" its schools due to falling enrollment. What…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (706+ words) On a recent afternoon, Cosette Harol greeted her two youngest boys at the bus stop in their neighborhood. "Hey, pal! Did you guys have a good day?" she asked her sons as they hopped off their school bus together. This…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (479+ words) The U.S. Department of Defense chose North Carolina State University to lead a decade-long initiative that's expected to help modernize U.S. textile manufacturing. The FutureTEX initiative will bring together universities, non-profits, a community college, and a host of private-sector companies. It will…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (706+ words) North Carolina is home to more than 100 higher education institutions. They include large research universities, small private liberal arts colleges, HBCUs, single-gender colleges, community colleges, and others. Some focus on workforce pipeline training, others are attached to enormous healthcare systems,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1039+ words) When Kayan Cheung-Miaw was 10 years old, her family moved from Hong Kong to the U.S. They moved into a mostly Puerto Rican neighborhood in Manhattan, where she ended up being one of the very few Asian kids in the school she…...