
Brianna Atkinson
Higher Education Reporter and 2024 Fletcher FellowBrianna Atkinson is WUNC’s 2024 Fletcher Fellow and covers higher education in partnership with Open Campus. She recently graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a B.A. in journalism and psychology. Her background includes print and audio journalism from several publications in North Carolina. And as a North Carolina native, she's passionate about local news and reporting that's inclusive of various voices within the community.
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The archive contains the voices of Black women who graduated from NCCU in the past 60 years.
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University leadership can't fill vacant positions, employees might not receive salary increases, and the UNC Board of Governors has to reallocate its finances.
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Universities across the country are bracing for the impacts of billions of dollars in federal funding cuts. Young scholars worry about how university preparations for the budget hit – from lowering graduate student admissions to freezing hiring – will impact their job outlook.
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Federal cuts aren’t the only threat to the economic influence of North Carolina’s dozens of colleges and universities.
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The trustees had been delaying the tenure vote since March, but only for some faculty.
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Duke University could lose anywhere from $350 to $600 million under proposed federal budget changes.
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Martin General Hospital shut down in 2023 after its operator filed for bankruptcy. Residents have to travel to neighboring counties to access care. A new state initiative seeks to end that healthcare desert.
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The Senate's proposal would cut millions of dollars of funding for need-based students.
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The Genentech biotechnology plant will create more than 400 jobs.