Editing Winston-Salem, North Carolina (section)

===Postsecondary===
Winston-Salem has a number of colleges and universities. Public institutions include [[Forsyth Technical Community College]]; [[Winston-Salem State University]], a [[historically black university]] founded in 1892;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wssu.edu/about/points-of-pride/our-history.html|title=Our History - Winston-Salem State University|work=www.wssu.edu|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> and [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]], the first public arts conservatory in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forsythtech.edu/about-forsyth/|title=About Forsyth Tech Community College|website=Forsythtech.edu|access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uncsa.edu/news/news-media-resources/facts.aspx|title=UNCSA Quick Facts|publisher=[[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]]|access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref>

Amongst private institutions is [[Wake Forest University]], a four-year private research university which was founded in 1834 and moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://about.wfu.edu|title=About Wake Forest|work=www.about.wfu.edu|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> Other private colleges include [[Carolina Christian College]], [[Carolina University]], Living Arts Institute, and [[Salem College]], the oldest continuously operating educational institution for women in America, which was founded in 1772.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolina Christian College African-American Bible College in North Carolina |url=https://carolina.edu/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Carolina Christian College |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=History of Carolina University |work=carolinau.edu |url=https://carolinau.edu/about/history |access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 May 2012 |title=Living Arts College - Medical Arts Programs |url=http://www.living-arts-college.edu/medical/locations/winston-salem-nc.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527130551/http://www.living-arts-college.edu/medical/locations/winston-salem-nc.html |archive-date=27 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.salem.edu/about|title=About Salem|work=www.salem.edu|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>