The State Board of Education has tapped the brakes on the revision of state social studies standards.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 @ 8:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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ECU maritime studies field school shines light on Washington, N.C., shipwreck
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 @ 11:34 am
By: ECU News Services
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In 2020, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction will complete a review and revision of academic standards for the state’s K-12 social studies courses.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Carolina Journal Associate Editor Kari Travis was named one of two outstanding young alumna by The Fund for American Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based free-market educational nonprofit.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2019 @ 7:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When are special interest subsidies not just special interest subsidies?
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teens are tethered to technology like never before. Almost all have smartphones; many are online constantly
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What Do Schools Teach about N.C. Monuments and Statues?
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 10:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My academic field, American Studies, is the interdisciplinary study of American cultures, past and present. Once it was a vibrant and useful discipline
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 1:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Every day had something new in store for two Honors College students who spent their summer working with East Carolina University's leaders in robotic heart surgery
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Nancy White, founding executive director of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, has announced that she will step aside from that role, effective June 30, 2017.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:42 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University's reach extends well beyond North Carolina which is why Chancellor Cecil Staton took his roadshow across the state's northern border.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:11 am
By: ECU News Services
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Payne credits her determination to a moment she says helped her to take control of her life. During the first semester of her senior year of high school, she received a rejection letter from East Carolina University, the only university she had set her sights on.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 4:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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We are supposed to feel sorry for the poor, benighted people of Colorado, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2016 @ 4:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators involved with the Certificate of Need (CON) debate are probably overwhelmed with conflicting studies on whether the regulatory program should stay, be reduced, or go altogether.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 4:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Working on a publication takes a lot of work. For the students at Beaufort County Community College, this takes at least a semester. However, that tenacity is about to pay off, as the 2015 edition of Life on the Pamlico has recently been published online.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An agreement among five universities has confirmed the multi-institutional mission of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute and established East Carolina University as the administrative campus of the state university system's program to better understand the North Carolina coas
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 6:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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About 25 years ago, American higher education was swept up in the identity studies fad. A great many colleges and universities created courses, departments, degree programs, and related administrative posts in Women's Studies, African-American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Queer Studies, and others.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Researchers from East Carolina University, N.C. State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Coastal Studies Institute will begin work this summer on a project that could derive energy from coastal waters while also cleaning wastewater.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 8:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Original documents are much more valuable than textbooks when it comes to teaching students about key issues in American history.
Published: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 3:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With most academic fields, we know what they are about. Political science teaches about political systems and their workings; philosophy about how people have thought on questions such as ethics; literature courses have students read and contemplate worthwhile books.
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 3:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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From zero to 142 majors in one year is rapid growth for a new degree program at East Carolina University. The university studies program has experienced that surge because its flexible curriculum appeals to a definite niche of students, officials said.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 8:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A study of the US Constitution in the tradition of the Founding Fathers researched, written and taught by W. Cleon Skousen, researcher and bestselling author.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 1:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In response to these findings, a handful of pundits suggested that Republican legislators played a role in discouraging students from entering the teaching profession.
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For many years, state education and political leaders promised increasing our "investment" in public schools was the key to raising student achievement for disadvantaged students.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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