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Now is the time of year college acceptance letters start arriving. It can be exciting for families, but it also means navigating rising tuition costs to pay for school.
Some parents worried U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon's visit would be overly partisan.
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025-- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist
Many alumni have opposed tearing down the building, which was originally slated for a renovation.
More than 3,300 NC State students walked across the stage at fall commencement on Dec. 13, 2025.
The use of artificial intelligence in schools is a hot topic in Wake County. On Thursday, students got schooled on how to properly use the technology as state leaders visited Dillard Drive Magnet Middle School to share their expertise.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a 3% tuition increase. The NC State board of trustees' University Affairs Committee approved the raising of tuition for all incoming students by 3%. WRAL's Dan Haggerty explores ways to save to attend college.
The board of trustees' University Affairs Committee approved the raising of tuition for all incoming students by 3%. The increase would be the university's first in nine years for in-state undergraduate students.
A board committee on Wednesday shot down the idea of raising tuition 3% on in-state undergraduate students, but the full board voted in favor of the administration's proposal. The board approved increases in the cost of housing and meals and on out-of-state students, too.
Students from North Carolina who attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could pay higher tuition for the first time in nearly a decade.
The proposal would have increased tuition by roughly $200 per year for new in-state students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Incoming undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could see a tuition and fee increase beginning next year, for the first time in nearly a decade.
Meredith College students rallied for transparency amid deteriorating dorm conditions and job cuts. As frustrations mount, students demand answers from the administration.
Vandals broke windows and damaged buses and the building at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh early Monday.
Both universities are proposing 3% increases for incoming in-state undergraduates.The UNC board of trustees will consider the increases at Wednesday's budget committee meeting. The full board meets Thursday in Chapel Hill.
A lengthy meeting with the Wake County superintendent has left some parents upset about the school system's approach to safety.
A few dozen people gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus to protest the Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence." Chancellor Lee Roberts said the university would not sign the compact "as written."
The event, put on by the Triangle East Chamber of Commerce with Johnston County Schools and Johnston Community College, introduces eighth-grade students to the top companies in the community.
"North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the South and thanks to the NCGOP's inability to pass a budget their take home pay continues to decrease while the cost of living and inflation only skyrocket," said Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party.
Wake County schools said they are operating normally after schools prepared for mass teacher call outs.
According to an email from two Wake County schools, which was obtained by WRAL News, the school is anticipating "higher-than-normal" staff shortages on Friday, Nov. 7, and Monday, Nov. 10, adding that it was in preparation for planned walkouts among schools in the district.
The school system, like many across North Carolina and the nation, has adopted the Standard Response Protocol. That's a set of five types of response to various potential safety emergencies, such as evacuating in the event of a bomb threat.
