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UNC strikes deal with Trump administration to keep federal funding

The agreement closes eighteen Education Department investigations plus a Justice Department review, and runs through the end of twenty twenty-eight; the university admits no wrongdoing.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBig news out of Chapel Hill!

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe University of North Carolina settled eighteen federal investigations, pays no penalty, and keeps its federal funding, which is the best deal on campus since free parking!

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFree, except the university agreed to follow the administration's views on diversity and other matters, and the agreement stays in effect through December thirty-first, twenty twenty-eight.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd everybody gets antisemitism training, students, faculty and staff! Learning is a perk!

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo no payment, no admission of wrongdoing, and a three-year syllabus.

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