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The executive orders have sent the research community into a state of confusion, concern, and anxiety. Meanwhile, some of the most powerful higher education system leaders in North Carolina have remained silent.

The private HBCU has $32 million in debt, an ongoing battle with the IRS, and an upcoming appeal hearing to maintain its accreditation.

The Trump administration's push to pause federal research funding raised alarm bells among administrators and faculty at North Carolina's top research universities.

Universities' expense sheets include big-ticket facility upgrades, salaries, and budget deficit corrections.

The private HBCU signed a multimillion-dollar loan agreement in a last-ditch effort to save the university. Saint Augustine's faces severe financial problems and is fighting to maintain its accreditation.

Warren Wilson college is located in one of the areas Hurricane Helene hit hardest earlier this year. President Damián Fernández talks about ongoing repairs, losses, and lessons learned in an interview with ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾.

Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether.

Several cases were set to go to trial today. The protest was one of the largest and most intense on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

The private HBCU had been on probation for two years after failing several of its accrediting agency’s financial standards.

Seedlings from NASA’s Artemis I mission were sent to education institutions across the state.