GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — About 5,500 faculty will be represented in a class-action lawsuit alleging two prestigious North Carolina medical schools conspired to depress their wages by agreeing not to poach professors from each other. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles ...

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DURHAM (AP) — Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will mark the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination with a public conference at their schools. Scholars will discuss the life and teachings of Malcolm X ...

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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — A board member says University of North Carolina system President Tom Ross will be leaving the school next year. The board member asked not to be identified because the decision was to be announced at a ...

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University of North Carolina system leaders have pulled back for now on their request for additional construction money for next year, but insist more operating funds are needed beyond what Gov. Pat McCrory's budget office has suggested.

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A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been suspended during an investigation into suspected hazing.

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Late last month, Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law guaranteeing that students or student groups in the UNC system who face discipline for non-academic offenses may hire lawyers to represent them in campus hearings. While this right had long been granted to our state’s K-12 students facing extended suspensions or expulsion, most people don’t realize that college students are routinely denied the right to counsel when accused in a campus tribunal of serious offenses including theft, assault, drug charges, or even rape.

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Will the real “Carolina” please stand up? The University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina both market their athletics programs simply as “Carolina,” and for as long as anyone can remember fans of the two schools have ...

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WILMINGTON (AP) — Officials at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington are investigating an incident in which a student was taunted by a group of men riding in a truck. UNCW Chancellor Gary Miller said in a statement that ...

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A former chairman of the University of North Carolina's governing board and two-time Democratic congressional candidate has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for tax fraud.

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Officials at North Carolina's flagship public university dispute claims they underreported sexual assaults in 2010 to avoid looking bad.

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