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July 23, 2025

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Legislation targeting foreign money on US college campuses moving through Congress

December 7, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — On Nov. 8, a Congressional committee approved a bill to end the influence of foreign money at U.S. colleges and universities. The Committee on Education and Workforce, chaired by Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx […]

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In-person graduation ceremonies return in 2022

May 18, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — K-12 Schools as well as universities and colleges whose graduation ceremonies were canceled or were forced to be held virtually during the pandemic are back in-person this year.  The state’s largest K-12 district, […]

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GILLIAM: Regional public universities need your support to fuel prosperity and economic growth

March 10, 2022 Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.

If you’ve seen the recent headlines about higher education, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of colleges seem to be in trouble.     The nation’s universities have lost one million undergraduates in just two years because […]

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The 2021 campus free speech rankings are out. See where NC schools landed

October 7, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The latest campus free speech rankings are out and most of the North Carolina colleges included in the report are still earning positive marks. One state school, however, has slipped into the bottom […]

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Think tank releases annual campus free speech ratings. See how North Carolina schools stacked up

February 4, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Free speech on college campuses saw improvement for the 13th year in a row, according to a report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE. FIRE’s 2021 Spotlight on Free […]

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Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties

December 29, 2020 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party in a speech two weeks ago. The attack, which […]

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Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants

August 14, 2020 Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegation, calling […]

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Federal judge denies challenge to campus sexual assault rules

August 12, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual assault. The rules, which take effect Friday, […]

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KU: A little-known law gave birth to Google — and countless other inventions

July 15, 2020 Katharine Ku

When Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin spoke to my colleagues at Stanford’s technology licensing office in the late 1990s, other search engines already existed. But Page and Brin, who were graduate students at […]

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Financial health of NC colleges and universities in the spotlight heading into fall

June 10, 2020 Elizabeth Lincicome, North State Journal

When University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper recently issued a statement that campuses would reopen this fall, he acknowledged the difficulties of digital learning and said it couldn’t replace in-person instruction. “The […]

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