Warren Wilson College shut down for weeks after Helene flooded campus. The schools still has millions of dollars of repairs remaining.

Anticipating the law, many school boards passed policies last spring that now may need to be revised to include stricter language and consequences.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted earlier in the week to eliminate hundreds of positions amid a $46 million budget crisis.

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.

The layoffs will mainly impact exceptional children’s teachers, support staff and assistant principals. Officials also signed off on mandatory furloughs for central office workers.

Frank Alexander lost his Morehead scholarship in the 1970s after getting arrested at a civil rights protest. He tells his story 50 years later, after meeting another scholar who lost her award amid pro-Palestinian activism.

It's part of the district’s ongoing effort to cut costs amid a major budget crisis.

State Treasurer Brad Briner has said the plan faced a $500 million deficit in 2026 without major changes. Increasing premiums was a key step to bolstering the state's health insurance offering.

The Health Plan has kept premiums steady by using reserves for years. Now, those reserves are gone and administrators say major changes are necessary.

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.