Your Support Makes a Difference
Thank you to each and every one of you who contributed to the Coalition for Carolina in response to last week’s newsletter. If you haven’t had a chance to make a contribution yet and would like to support the Coalition for Carolina with a tax-deductible donation, you can give at this link. If you missed […]
Carolina SCiLLed at Protest
Carolina has a long history of social and political activism. If you were on campus during the Civil Rights Movement or the Vietnam War, you know it well. Carolina also has a unique history of protest focused on community and campus events – not only those gaining national attention. We saw that as far back […]
Happy Spring Break, Tar Heels
We hope everyone is having a relaxing, enjoyable spring break. To honor the time off, we’ll keep this one short. There’s never a dull moment these days on Carolina’s campus and in higher education. Every week, members of our Coalition team take time to update you on the stories and news our Tar Heel community […]
A Chance to Course Correct in Chapel Hill
Reposted with Permission from Public Ed Works CHAPEL HILL (January 29, 2026) – The resignation of John Preyer from the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees1 creates an opening for the university to move away from unnecessary politicization and divisive overreach. Embracing shared governance and proven best practices would not only strengthen institutional credibility, but reaffirm the […]
Kramer: Abolishing Area Studies Centers is Wrong
The following post was submitted to The Coalition for Carolina by Dr. Lloyd Kramer. Kramer is a professor emeritus of history and former chair of the Faculty Council at UNC, Chapel Hill. UNC Should Not Close its Global Studies Centers. The recent announcement that UNC-Chapel Hill plans to close its six thriving Global Studies Centers […]
“The Carolina Way” in 2025
At the start of 2025, we wrote to you about January’s big news – the hiring of Bill Belichick as UNC’s football coach. Now as 2025 wraps and we’re at the conclusion of Belichick’s first season as coach, it feels fitting to revisit that topic and highlight a new sports-related controversy that’s brewing – the […]
Un-SCiLLed Leadership
We hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving and are enjoying the start of the holiday season. We’ve been thankful to share some exciting and encouraging Carolina news with you recently – from three UNC students being awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarships to Chancellor Lee Roberts taking bold leadership by rejecting the Trump administration’s higher education […]
PETITION: Reject the Trump Compact
We recently wrote to you about the Trump administration’s new “compact” with universities. We promised to keep you updated, and there’s much to report. As a refresher, on Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent a 10-page “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” to nine of the nation’s top universities, including the University of Arizona, the […]
Trump’s Consequential “Compact”
The Trump administration is yet again meddling in higher education, this time by issuing a 10-page “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” to an assortment of nine of the nation’s top universities. The universities, which received letters including the compact on Oct. 1, have been asked to give feedback to the Trump administration by Oct. […]
Update on Higher Ed Attacks
A new school year calls for a news update: the attacks on universities have continued. The latest at Carolina came just this week as the conservative group The Oversight Project requested the syllabi of 74 UNC courses using keywords including “DEI,” “LGBTQ+” and “anti-racism.” This follows a gutting of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hiring […]