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Like many universities, Wake Forest is trying to come to terms with its antebellum past. The school's president announced this month that this work is why trustees chose to rename Wingate Hall, named for a slave-owner, as "May 7, 1860 Hall." But the name has been rejected by Black alumni, who said it adds fresh pain to a traumatic legacy.
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Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison announced the gesture during an on-campus presentation Friday. WRAL reports that Floyd’s sister Bridgett Floyd, who started the foundation last year, said it’s a gift to honor the memory of Floyd, who was born in Fayetteville, and to invest in future generations.
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The UNC system Board of Governors has voted to allow its five historically Black universities to enroll a larger share of first-year students from out of state.
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Enrollment at community colleges fell this past year, nationally and in North Carolina. The COVID-19 pandemic cost some students their jobs, their childcare, or their ability to take hands-on classes.
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UNC-Chapel Hill is preparing to make major budget cuts to balance a longstanding deficit that now amounts to an estimated $100 million.Chancellor Kevin…
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Universities are coming back into session for the spring semester, just as a holiday spike in COVID-19 cases is beginning to ease. As the new semester…
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A new report by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges has found that rural public colleges are underfunded compared to their peers.The report…
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Friday announced that it avoided returning to campus 112 undergraduate students who tested positive for…
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The UNC System Racial Equity Task Force has submitted its final report recommending changes across North Carolina's public universities. The UNC System's…
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East Carolina University has its newest chancellor.The UNC System Board of Governors has hired Philip Rogers, a Greenville native, as the next leader of…