UNC-Greensboro

Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether.

Typically, for a college sophomore to be admitted into a program to complete a degree in education, they have to first pass a test called the Praxis Core. The State Board of Education voted to recommend that state lawmakers end the requirement because it could be a barrier for prospective teachers, and the test isn't associated with measures of being an effective teacher.

NCInnovation awarded $5.2 million to seven public universities in the state.

A UNC Greensboro physics professor was only months away from tenure when the university announced that it's planning to eliminate 20 departments, including hers.

The department dean’s recommendations include 19 programs, majors and minors total — affecting about 194 students.

UNC Greensboro's chancellor and provost will share department deans' recommendations for which programs should be cut.

UNC-Greensboro is conducting an academic program review, which could lead to program cuts. Students, faculty and the UNCG community are worried humanities programs might be the first to go.

More than 3,000 high school students across over 40 counties are enrolled in North Carolina’s first varsity esports and STEM league, which aims to encourage and prepare students for STEM careers.

UNC-Greensboro nursing professor Audrey Snyder is helping train Moldovan nurses to respond to the more than 230,00 refugees that have recently arrived at their border with Ukraine.

Proud grads in cap and gowns walk across the stage this weekend at commencement ceremonies around the state. There will be tender moments between family…