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4:11pm Feb 19, 2020

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Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch

by Cory Turner

The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.

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11:31am Feb 19, 2020

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NC State Awarded $6 Million Apprenticeship Grant

by Neal Charnoff

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $6 million grant to North Carolina State University. The money will be used to fund apprenticeship programs in the artificial intelligence industry.
8:04am Feb 16, 2020

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One Woman's Quest To Preserve The Radio Archives At Historically Black Colleges

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Radio producer Jocelyn Robinson is trying to save archival audio and help historically black colleges and universities start thinking about the importance of preserving their precious history.

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8:25am Feb 15, 2020

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UC Santa Cruz Grad Students Strike For Higher Pay As Housing Costs Skyrocket

by Erika Mahoney

Graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz are on strike. Teaching assistants are calling for higher pay to cope with the city's high cost of living.

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8:25am Feb 15, 2020

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An Indian University Is Trying To Innovate What Students Learn — And How They Learn It

by Anya Kamenetz

India has more young people than any other country in the world and that means, the country needs many more college classrooms.

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10:51am Feb 14, 2020

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Mass Text From State Superintendent Sparks Ethics Complaints

by Neal Charnoff

A number of ethics complaints have been filed against North Carolina State Superintendent Mark Johnson. The complaints are related to a mass text Johnson sent to parents and teachers.
Beth Harpaz / AP

4:37pm Feb 13, 2020

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Harvard, Yale Accused Of Failing To Report Hundreds Of Millions In Foreign Donations

The Ivy League schools have been singled out in a federal crackdown on institutions of higher learning for allegedly not reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign donations.
10:37am Feb 13, 2020

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Enrollment Rises At NC Community Colleges For First Time In A Decade

by Neal Charnoff

Enrollment at North Carolina’s community colleges has risen for the first time in nearly a decade. Forsyth Tech was the only regional college to see a decline.
7:00am Feb 13, 2020

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Education Department Probes Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding

by Cory Turner

The Department of Education has announced that it is investigating two elite U.S. universities: Harvard and Yale. The government says they potentially failed to report foreign gifts and contracts.

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6:55am Feb 13, 2020

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News Brief: Democratic Candidates, Education Probe, Border Detainees

Early nominating contests fail to resolve Democratic Party's divide. The Education Department probes Harvard and Yale funds. And, why scores of Iranian-Americans were detained at a border crossing.

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8:10pm Feb 11, 2020

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Howard University's Largest Donation Ever Raises Questions About Who Gets Donor Coins

by Jenny Gathright

The largest gift in Howard University's history — a $10 million investment in its STEM program — has sparked a larger conversation: which institutions get private donor money, and why.

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5:21pm Feb 11, 2020

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A Contest For Students: Deliver A Stump Speech

by Hannah McCarthy

Why should candidates have all the fun? NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hannah McCarthy, host of New Hampshire Public Radio's Civics 101 podcast, about their student stump speech contest.

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