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Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) has partnered with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill through its UNC World View initiative to offer the Scholars of Global Distinction program.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 @ 12:57 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has rejected the case of a fired UNC Chapel Hill professor who has challenged his dismissal since 2018.
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent study by the conservative site The College Fix found that UNC Chapel Hill professors were 16 times more likely to be registered as Democrats than as Republicans.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 11:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College Republicans Chairman Joseph Buckner released the following joint statement ahead of the Sen. Bernie Sanders rally in Chapel Hill
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2019 @ 4:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Playing college basketball is a dream many don’t get to experience. For East Carolina University graduate student Addison Hill, not only did he get to experience that dream, but he got to do it in his hometown.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 1:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Back in 2003, Thomas Benton-"the pseudonym of an assistant professor of English at a Midwestern liberal arts college"-wrote a brutally honest article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about graduate programs in the humanities
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Recently, in a Facebook debate, a liberal detractor made an issue of President-elect Trump's appointments for service in his administration, using the possible pick of Rudy Giuliani as an example.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 2:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There has been renewed talk, mostly from the left, about the problem with our Electoral College as it pertains to electing a President.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 2:25 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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Following his efforts to make college more affordable, Governor Pat McCrory has applauded the inclusion of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and East Carolina University in a new national rankings list for best value
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 2:57 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Microaggression - that's a fancy term many radical college students and administrators are using these days as a means to supposedly call out racism and protest unsafe and hostile environments for minorities
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When Bernie Sanders proposed free tuition at public colleges and universities, Hillary Clinton responded with her rival plan, The New College Compact
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 1:50 am
By: John William Pope Center
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What do a billionaire and a socialist have in common?
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 3:59 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Access to higher education has emerged as a major campaign issue this year-a heartening development. But the proposals for free or debt-free college being touted by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders fail to address some of the biggest problems in higher education access
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 4:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you want to go to college but think you have waited too late to start this spring? Or do you want to pick up a class to complete your schedule?
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 4:11 am
By: Chris Downey
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Heavy downpours didn't dampen the celebration of a construction milestone for Gateway Residence Hall at East Carolina University on Jan. 12.
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 10:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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When my grandfather was president of Campbell College I remember his stories of students who paid tuitions with hams, cabbages or produce from their family's farm.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Join the Beaufort County Community College Foundation, Saturday, Oct. 18, for a trip to Durham to see the stage production of Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running musical.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 12:26 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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At last week's First Amendment Day celebration at UNC-Chapel Hill, Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), presented some alarming findings
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 10:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Are college students more likely to listen to a lecture about education policy if an adult film actress is behind the podium? They certainly filled the room for Belle Knox, whose real name is Miriam Weeks, a 19-year-old Duke student. She came to UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday to talk about the high cost
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 7:58 am
By: John William Pope Center
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n a recent article for the Pope Center, I looked at the latest academic-athletic scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill in light of athletes’ academic preparation.
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2014 @ 1:41 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Can a university be so influential and respected in a community that its public image can withstand any kind of onslaught?
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 2:40 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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An anonymous complaint and student petition to oust the president of Martin Community College roused a mini-eruption at the close of last month. The complaint, a 10-page email titled "The Crisis State of Martin Community College," made the news in Greenville - the nearest major city to the...
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 9:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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My mother often told me “college is what you make of it.” When I arrived at UNC-Chapel Hill from Cullowhee, a small town in western North Carolina, I intended to do just that. But my first efforts were disastrous—trying to get at least a C in a very hard course brought down my other grades.
Published: Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 @ 12:28 am
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina has a genuine teacher recruitment and retention crisis. But it has nothing to do with tales of teacher discontent spun by the mainstream media, special-interest groups, and teacher unions.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate has just proposed its budget for the 2014-15 year, which begins July 1. This is the second in an annual series. First we had the governor's budget; now we have the Senate's; and the House of Representatives will follow soon.
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 9:53 am
By: John William Pope Center
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During The Cold War, leftists rolled their eyes at us when we talked of the horrors perpetrated by The Communist Party. Fast forward to today.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 11:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The East Carolina University community awoke April 30 to news of campus flooding and a train derailment at the corner of 14th Street and Charles Boulevard, following a series of heavy thunderstorms that came through the Greenville area April 29.
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 3:07 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Foundation preparation for the newest residence halls, Gateway East and West, has begun and project completion is scheduled for July 2015. Gateway East and West will be the newest addition to East Carolina University's campus living as they replace Belk Residence Hall and will house 720 students.
Published: Monday, April 28th, 2014 @ 1:00 am
By: ECU News Services
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Late last year, UNC-Chapel Hill learning specialist Mary Willingham alleged that many Carolina athletes weren't academically prepared for college-level work. That research has been stopped by the administration of UNC-Chapel Hill.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 11:52 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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In a recent piece published by American Enterprise Institute, "Let's Not Underestimate Undermatch," author Awilda Rodriguez outlines what she views as a serious problem, undermatching. She describes it as "the phenomenon where students do not attend a college or university that they could have gaine
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 5:44 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A select group of tutors at East Carolina University are now embedded in eight key college courses to provide a tutoring experience that reaches a greater number of students and is more meaningful to both faculty members and struggling students.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: ECU News Services
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Work crews have begun taking apart Belk Residence Hall brick by brick to make way for two buildings that will become a new entrance to East Carolina University's main campus.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Last night, the UNC Student Congress voted to affirm the finance committee's cut of the UNC College Republican's funding for the fall semester. UNC College Republicans received $3,090 - a 75% cut from last year's funding.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 @ 2:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yet, anarchist group, UNControllables, and feminist group, Siren Magazine received more funding and less cuts than the College Republicans. UNControllables were allocated $4,005 and Siren Magazine was allocated $5,157.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 @ 6:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always tried to be successful. Back in high school, success meant doing well in classes so that I would get into a good college. Being involved in extracurricular activities or having a job was helpful, but academics were vital. Getting into a top school like Chapel Hill only strengthened...
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 8:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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McClatchy Rob is just beside himself. According to his headline today, college students are going to have to work harder. (To vote, that is.) *Apparently, working harder is a bad thing, these days.*
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 5:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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