Emery P. Dalesio, Associated PressStudentsGrateful Lawyer Bequeaths $140 million to 3 N.C. UniversitiesRALEIGH, N.C. — Three private North Carolina universities will share $140 million bequeathed by a Charlotte attorney and business investor, the schools said Monday. The money left by Porter Byrum are for scholarships for students to attend Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University. With this final gift, the Wake […]October 2, 2017StudentsUniversity of North Carolina: Job Candidates Say No, Citing Bathroom LawCHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Academics being recruited by North Carolina’s public university system have ruled out moving to the state because of a law limiting legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. That’s according to University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings, who also told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday she’s unaware […]January 18, 2017StudentsChristian Groups Challenge N.C. University’s Speech PermitsRALEIGH, N.C. ― A federal judge on Thursday quizzed attorneys for North Carolina’s largest public university why constitutional free-speech protections allow the school to require students who want to engage others in extended debate or proselytizing to secure a permit. Lawyers for North Carolina State University argued in court that the rules are in place […]June 2, 2016StudentsUNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed FundsCHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]May 11, 2016StudentsN.C. College System’s Federal Funds in Crosshairs of LGBT LawRALEIGH, N.C. ― North Carolina’s prized public universities could be the biggest losers as state leaders defend a new law limiting the rights of LGBT people. The 17-university system, which includes the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University as well several historically Black colleges, risks losing more than $1.4 […]May 5, 2016Faculty & StaffAnti-Spellings Protests Backed by Faculty-Union OffshootRALEIGH, N.C. ― Opponents of incoming University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings include an offshoot of one of the country’s largest labor unions. Spellings is set to become the statewide public university system’s leader Tuesday. Some students plan a classroom walkout and rally on the university system’s flagship Chapel Hill campus. Similar anti-Spellings demonstrations […]February 29, 2016Leadership & PolicyN.C. Community Colleges Weigh Differing Costs by CampusWENTWORTH, N.C. ― North Carolina community college leaders could decide whether to let schools tack a local surcharge onto student tuition as campuses search for money to upgrade equipment to train future workers for jobs in manufacturing and health care. Campus presidents of the 58-school system will decide later this month whether to push for […]January 18, 2016Faculty & StaffUNC Faculty Group Says Secrecy to Hurt New University HeadFaculty representatives for North Carolina’s public university system said Thursday the next president of the 17-campus University of North Carolina will take the job with extra baggage by failing to meet with teachers and researchers first.October 22, 2015Community CollegesAccrediting Body: Academic Fraud Nets UNC 1-year ProbationRALEIGH, N.C. ― An accreditation agency important to colleges receiving federal funds put the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on probation Thursday for a year over its academic fraud scandal. The board of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges stopped short of imposing the harshest penalty, which would have blocked […]June 11, 2015StudentsCommunity College Shooting Victim was Long-time EmployeeA gunman with a rifle entered a community college campus building Monday morning and killed a print shop operator who had just arrived at work, school officials and authorities said.April 13, 2015Page 1 of 3Next Page