A Look at the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ Authority
(Spoiler Alert: It Doesn’t Include Creating New Academic Programs) Last week I read an editorial in the Wall Street Journal expressing consternation that the UNC-Chapel Hill’s accrediting agency plans to ask for more information about University plans—launched by its Board of Trustees–to create a new School of Civic Life and Leadership. According to the WSJ, […]
UNC Faculty Council Addresses “Bucket of Chaos”
On Friday, February 17, 2023 the UNC-CH Faculty Council met to address the “bucket of chaos” created by yet another incidence of trustee (BOT) governance overreach. In its most recent overreach actions, the BOT failed to consult, or even inform, the faculty, chancellor, students or staff–normally charged with making such decisions– about a proposed new […]
UNC Chapel Hill trustees misfire…
UNC Chapel Hill “Board of Trustees Vice Chairperson John Preyer communicated with the Wall Street Journal editorial team about the School for Civic Life and Leadership as early as Jan. 24, according to emails obtained by The Daily Tar Heel.” This was two days prior to the board proposing the new school at a meeting on January […]
Here We Go Again With Governance Overreach
The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees (BOT) and the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) have again made headlines for governing actions that run counter to the decades long success of shared governance which has made Carolina a great university. Shared governance is the practice of involving all stakeholders in the decision-making process at a […]
Getting What We Paid For
John Hood of the John Locke Foundation wrote a column saying that investment in the UNC System is not a good does not provide a high enough ROI. Hood is wrong and that lays out the case for investing in college very well. We asked for, and were granted, permission to republish their response below. […]