Higher Education

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has told the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a letter that she will not join the faculty at its journalism school without tenure.

Female faculty of color and Indigenous faculty who have recently left UNC Chapel Hill say that the racial and political climate at the university fortified their decision to accept better job offers outside North Carolina.

The decision highlights the divisions between her view of the mission of journalism and Arkansas newspaper publisher whose name adorns the school.

Walter Hussman Jr. says he discussed concerns about bringing Hannah-Jones to the journalism school with the dean, but Susan King told him she though having her in the school would be a plus for the university and would bring prestige to the school.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…