Liz Schlemmer
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Liz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Policy Reporter, a fellowship position supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She has an M.A. from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a B.A. in history and anthropology from Indiana University.
She has previously served as a temporary Morning Edition producer and intern at WUNC and as a news intern at St. Louis Public Radio. Liz is originally from Indiana, where she grew up with a large extended family of educators.
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The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it. -
At UNC-Chapel Hill, three students died from fentanyl poisoning in just the last two years. A student-led group is working to make overdose medication more available.
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Democrats in the General Assembly put the blame on Republican leadership for what they describe as chronic underfunding of schools. They say the failure to pass a state budget by July - when it's supposed to take effect - is making matters worse. -
Until recently, North Carolina teachers had to apply accrued time off or take unpaid leave when they had a child. -
The resolution lacks details on how any hiring and admissions efforts will be affected, but it appears to offer guidance any form of affirmative action practices the university might use to conduct targeted recruitment of minority students, faculty, staff or contractors. -
This week, graduate students enrolled in PhD programs at Duke University will receive ballots in the mail to vote on whether to form a labor union. If more students vote for the union than against, they’ll become the first recognized graduate student union in the South.
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A recent state law limiting access to abortions also formally enacted paid parental leave for state employees — and extended it for the first time to public school employees. -
UNC-Chapel Hill is announcing a new financial aid program to offer free tuition to incoming undergraduate students from North Carolina whose families make less than $80,000 a year. -
The new policy gives UNC System President Peter Hans a greater role in search committees for chancellors who lead public universities in North Carolina. -
North Carolina Teaching Fellows is a scholarship program for aspiring teachers, with a long and politically charged history. This year, it returned to HBCUs in an effort to diversify the teaching workforce; and a House budget proposal could help the program grow.
