Philip Jefferson, who is one of President Biden’s picks for the Federal Reserve, is described as a consensus-oriented, largely apolitical economist with deep knowledge of monetary policy.

The academic economist, who is a nominee for the Federal Reserve board, has focused his work on monetary policy, poverty and inequality.

‘The town of Davidson loves him.’ McKillop developed a style — and a penchant for winning — all his own on his way to coaching 1,000 games with the small A-10 school north of Charlotte.

Clark was known for his classes at Davidson College on religion and art, as well as his highly popular gnome sculptures that shipped all over the world.

Following a school board’s ban of Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel Maus, Davidson College professor Scott Denham is offering a free online course for eighth- through 12th-grade students in McMinn County, Tenn., where the board voted 10-to-0 to remove the book from use in middle school classes. “The McMinn Co., TN, School Board banned Spiegelman’s Maus I

"Maus" is a decades old book about Holocaust survivors. Its ban by a Tennessee school board has sparked renewed interest in it.

A nearby comic-book store is pledging to give away the Holocaust book for free to every student in the county, an area church plans to hold a discussion on its themes and a professor intends to offer free classes on it

A North Carolina congressman has paid an over $3,000 tax bill after Queen City News started asking about the delinquent status of his payments.

On Flashpoint, Congresswoman Alma Adams urges democrats to continue work after the voting rights measure failed in Washington.

Because of the unpredictable nature of the fashion industry, fashion brands often have to “guestimate” demand for their products, and if they get that demand wrong, they have to deal with the wasted inventory. All too often clothes end up being incinerated unnecessarily, adding to their…

Oakland University in Michigan said “human error” was to blame for the incorrect emails. It was the second university in the state this month to make such a mistake.

Socioeconomic class is a better justification for it.

Texting and social media allow today’s students to stay connected to family and old friends in a way unimaginable to previous generations.

Some schools and nonprofits target the surprise hurdles — dorm deposits, rides to campus — that cause low-income students to drop out.

The Supreme Court is taking up yet another challenge to affirmative action. This time, the conservative-dominated court is likely to eliminate race-conscious practices in college admissions.

Some of the evidence was hiding in plain sight, the school’s president says.

UNC Chapel Hill is seeking candidates for its new two-year Charlotte executive MBA program scheduled to open later this year.

Florida State closes its College of Health and Human Sciences building following a faculty report detailing an apparent cancer cluster, black debris falling from air vents, dangerous radon levels and more. Professors say earlier action may have saved lives.

Scholars and college leaders discuss speech, safe spaces, campus politics, and the crises of the present.