Trump Administration

Several federally funded environmental justice projects in North Carolina have been paused or stopped, due to the Trump administration’s cancellation of EPA programs.

Two years after the US Supreme Court outlawed race conscious admissions, Carolina's incoming classes have had 25% fewer Black students. After administrators eliminated DEI support programs, students who are on campus say they feel unwanted.

Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.

Right-wing groups are increasingly requesting copies of syllabi and course materials to assess what's being taught in college classrooms. That means universities like UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro are having to decide what to turn over, and what faculty can still control.

The federal government has only funded 9% of the total damage Helene caused in the state.

Anti-DEI groups claim they belong to the public. University leaders say they are faculty members' intellectual property. A look at the copyright debate.

The Trump administration wants to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a conservation policy that protects undeveloped areas in national forests. The deadline to submit public comment is September 19.

SCIMaP co-founder and University of Pennsylvania researcher Alyssa Sinclair recently spoke with WUNC higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about the potential impact of a 40% Trump-proposed cut to the NIH.

Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other NC universities are increasing how much money they put toward federal lobbying amid targeted attacks to higher education funding.

When the Trump administration recently reversed course on billions in federal education funding, it wasn’t the first time something like this happened. Earlier this year, it also pulled - and then reinstated - COVID relief funds that had a big impact on one Robeson County school.