Hello reader! Welcome back to Higher Stakes. This is your source for higher education news in North Carolina. And I’m reporter Jane Winik Sartwell.
As I write this, I’m sitting on an Adirondack chair on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. A fall breeze is in the air and the leaves are rustling. Students in sweaters and backpacks are bustling around me, gabbing and slurping iced coffee. I’m reminded of how lovely college campuses can be, and how lucky I am to write about them.
There’s also a lot happening, especially at UNC…