RALEIGH — A day after UNC-Chapel Hill wrapped up its meeting with the NCAA’s infractions committee, North Carolina’s highest court has delivered the university a victory in a separate — but related — case. The N.C. Supreme Court has denied a petition from former student-athletes James Arnold and Leah Metcalf.
Critics say N.C. State University’s Clean Energy Technology Center is little more than a promotional ally of the solar industry, and the state should pull the plug on its funding. They compare the energy center at N.C. State to controversial academic centers at the UNC…
DURHAM — A traditional four-year college degree isn’t the only path to a successful career. Simon Mitchell would know. Mitchell, who is 20, is an apprentice at Cary-based Buhler Aeroglide, a European manufacturing company. In 2014, Mitchell joined Mason Hurlbut and Luke Fouts to participate in Buhler’s apprenticeship pilot…
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From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 743: A committee of the UNC system’s Board of Governors has voted to ban UNC-Chapel Hill’s civil rights center from filing lawsuits. Chapel Hill campus leaders oppose the change. Carolina Journal Associate Kari Travis has been covering the story. She shares the latest…
Twenty years have passed since the N.C. Supreme Court issued the first of its two rulings in the state’s long-running Leandro lawsuit. The case pits small, low-wealth school systems against the state in a clash over the state constitution’s guarantee that each student will have an opportunity for a “basic,…
Students thinking about alternatives to a four-year degree should keep those college applications, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings says. The state is facing a very real “skills gap,” and technical schools and certificate programs are important. But liberal arts education remains critical for work force development,…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 742: Two N.C. State University researchers say the university has silenced them because they’ve raised concerns about potential negative impacts from utility-scale solar energy projects in North Carolina. In a Carolina Journal exclusive, Associate Editor Dan Way has documented evidence of the university’s…
Two N.C. State University researchers say the university has silenced them because they’ve raised concerns about potential negative impacts from utility-scale solar energy projects in North Carolina. In a Carolina Journal exclusive, Associate Editor Dan Way has documented evidence of the university’s efforts to downplay the researchers’ work. North Carolina…
Free speech zones will soon vanish from University of North Carolina campuses. This year, lawmakers passed a controversial law protecting campus speech. Now it’s up to the UNC Board of Governors to move things forward. What happened On July 31, House Bill 527,…
