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Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether.

The HBCU recently became the first public university to offer a degree in artificial intelligence. Educators at the university are also working to expand AI literacy to those under 18.

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would commit more than $6 billion in funding to private school vouchers over the next decade, and made the case that it would harm rural schools.

Seven regional hubs will be located at a mix of public and private HBCUs, and the state’s only Historically American Indian University.

A new report by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges has found that rural public colleges are underfunded compared to their peers.The report…

North Carolina lawmakers are banking on the benefits of digital learning. Four years ago they passed legislation requiring that state funding for…

North Carolinians are having more trouble attaining the American Dream, according to a new report from Durham-based research center MDC and the John M.…

Thousands of documentary film-lovers are in Durham this week for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Close to 100 films from around the world will…

Rural areas of North Carolina are not seeing the benefits of the economic recovery that are apparent in places like the Triangle, Triad or Charlotte.The…

Rural areas of North Carolina are not seeing the benefits of the economic recovery that are apparent in places like the Triangle, Triad or Charlotte.The…