Education

Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck graduated from Wisconsi's Cardinal Stritch University last week with a doctorate in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service.

Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Won't Change Her Name 'To Make Other People Happy'

9:10pm June 22, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

Long ridiculed for her unusual name, Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck recently turned her hardship into success. After studying perceptions around "black names" in white classrooms, she completed her Ph.D.

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Oberlin College President On Bakery Case

8:22am June 22, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar about the $44 million libel verdict against the college. The jury said Oberlin defamed a local bakery.

Education

Dawkins To Step Down As President Of Bennett College

8:01am June 22, 2019

by Paul Garber

Phyllis Worthy Dawkins is leaving her position as president of Bennett College.

The college's Board of Trustees made the announcement Friday.

Education

Marijuana Pepsi Fends Off The Jokes To Earn Her PhD

7:52pm June 21, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her recent PhD completion despite the hardships she's faced because of her birth name.

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Guilford County Budget Approved, No Increases In Property Taxes

3:26pm June 21, 2019

by Keri Brown

Guilford County Commissioners have approved a new budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Education

NC School Boards Could Lose Ability To Sue Counties Over Construction Funds

4:42pm June 20, 2019

by Keri Brown

A provision in the Senate's proposed budget would prevent local school boards from suing counties to get more money for capital needs.

Education

UNCSA Film Dean To Leave For Position At American Film Institute

10:52am June 19, 2019

by Neal Charnoff

The dean of the School of Filmmaking at UNC School of the Arts is stepping down to take a job with the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

Education

Students Provide Guides For Paying For College

5:29am June 19, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Trying to figure out how to navigate the finances of college? A series of crowdsourced Google documents written by current students and recent graduates provides many needed answers.

Kyle Kashuv, a student survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, became a nationally prominent gun-rights advocate while many of his surviving classmates instead organized to advocate for gun control.

Harvard Rescinds Offer To Parkland Survivor After Discovery Of Racist Comments

9:08pm June 18, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland student survivor, was accepted into Harvard, but after the university discovered racist slurs he made when he was 16, the offer was rescinded.

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Gwen Lynch graduated 8th grade on Monday as the only student of a one-room public school on the tiny island of Cuttyhunk in Massachusetts.

On A Tiny Island, Comedian Delivers A Graduation Speech For One

8:44pm June 18, 2019

by Hayley Fager

Gwen Lynch of Cuttyhunk, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, was the only graduate of her one-room school this year. "It really is lonely," she said.

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