Bank of America, with help from other business and civic leaders in Charlotte, has become a convener of brain power focused on tackling some of the region's biggest social and economic challenges.

The former president is running in 2024. Political scientists already see a way his candidacy could affect NC.

What it lacks in big-city buzz, Penn State’s School of Visual Arts more than makes up for with engaged faculty, talented students, a supportive culture, and a track record of producing acclaimed, innovative artists—like Joelle Dietrick ’96 A&A, whose art lives at the intersection of creation and technology and is scheduled for a solo exhibition in Brooklyn next year.

Readers react to the Trump announcement. Also: Abortion, the midterms and women’s voices; whiz kids in tech; migrants fleeing for their lives.

Citing flaws in the way the ratings are determined, the schools said they will stop participating, breaking away from the rankings industry.

The schools, which for decades have dominated the U.S. News & World Report law-school ranking, are pulling out of it.

After four college students were stabbed to death, the police sought to downplay any wider danger. But with no suspect, they’re not so sure.

The U.S. should view them not as a threat but as a critical source of the future thinkers who will help broker relations.

Students at HBCUs are more likely to take on debt to pay for college, a new report shows. It can also keep them from buying homes or saving for retirement.

FBI officials identified a teenager who they say is responsible for the majority of bomb threats to HBCUs this year. Some HBCU leaders say the results of the investigation are long overdue.

Over 800 colleges shifted to test-optional policies between the fall of 2019 and the fall of 2021.