Coalition for Carolina

Fealty, Power Grab, Politicization, and, ‘the Enemy’

More Politicization of Higher Education “Ben Sasse, the Nebraska senator, arrived in Florida in February 2023 to help cement a … makeover of one of the nation’s top five public universities. The University of Florida had lured the senator with an unusual $10 million, five-year contract, possibly the most lucrative ever for a public university president. Gov. […]

News You Can Use

We’re all inundated with emails and texts about the election which can get overwhelming, so we thought we’d pick a few newsworthy items to share with you this week. ______________________________________________________________________________ From the Assembly “Two UNC-Chapel Hill trustees are running for state office. Their campaigns are one more sign that the politics of public higher education […]

Vote to Support Carolina

As we head to the polls over the next few weeks, there are many important national issues, and several high profile local issues, that make the headlines each week and will influence our votes.  A local issue that is not making a lot of headlines is how the outcome of the election will impact UNC […]

The Installation of Chancellor Lee H. Roberts

For your convenience, we are including access to a video of the entire Installation Ceremony for Chancellor Lee Roberts.  Below is extracted text of the speech that he delivered after he was sworn in as the 13th Chancellor of the University of North Carolina.   ______________________________________________________________________________ Welcome, everyone. President Hans. Chief Justice Newby. Chair Murphy. […]

Something to Hope For

Hope

By Mimi Chapman Please note, the Coalition for Carolina does not have a stand on the on-going war in the Middle East. We are concerned for the well-being of all on our campus and recognize the complicated factors at play in the choices campus leadership makes in such unsettling times.  The post below is meant […]

Trustees Held Accountable for Bad Behavior

On Thursday, trustee John Preyer read the following statement at a regularly scheduled trustees meeting: “[In] May of 2024, a legal complaint was filed against the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, alleging violations of the North Carolina Open Meetings Act. The board disputes the lawsuit, but the lawsuit has […]

SCiLL Looks Like What We Feared: Origins May be Destiny

We vowed to keep an open mind about the new School of Civic Life and Leadership that was mandated at UNC by trustees and the legislature. But the school looks more and more like what we were told it wouldn’t be: a center for right-wing views and something removed or exempt from normal university hiring […]

UNC Takes a Step Backward on Racial Diversity

UNC has taken a serious step back from its commitment to fairness and equal opportunity. Black student enrollment in this year’s freshman class dropped from 10.5% to 7.8%, Hispanic enrollment dropped from 10.8% to 10.1%, and Native American enrollment dropped from 1.6% to 1.1%. This is the first class to be admitted since the U.S. […]

Hark the Sound? Will Tar Heel Voices be Heard?

Louder Please

By Mimi Chapman Over the holiday weekend, I was interested to see this article from the Associated Press in which three faculty members express concern about what our commitment to diversity actually means in light of the Students for Fair Admissions decision and, perhaps even more importantly, the Board of Governors’ decision to do away […]

Chancellor Names Committee to Study the Campus Y

The future of the UNC Campus Y building – which was closed temporarily by the university administration during protests in May – is now in the hands of a committee appointed by Chancellor Lee Roberts. The Daily Tar Heel, in a story by Akash Bhowmik, reported this week: “The committee, comprised of 15 alumni, students and faculty, will […]