Our Overlooked Economic Engine
If you live in North Carolina, you are about to be bombarded with political ads – many talking about the economy. As is always true in politics, there will be finger-pointing and credit-taking. Meanwhile, there is a tried and true job creator and economic powerhouse serving our state that rarely gets the credit it deserves: […]
Trustees Acknowledge Overreach
Thank you to everyone who responded to last week’s poll of the Carolina topics that most interest you. We’ll share more about the results from the poll in a future newsletter, but current responses indicate one of the top interests of readers is UNC administration and governance. We’ve written extensively about the people who make […]
We Want Your Feedback
Thank you again for the generous contributions you made to the Coalition for Carolina over the past couple weeks. We greatly appreciate your support. (As always, tax-deductible contributions can be made here!) As we enter a new academic year in the coming weeks, we want to take time to reset and check in with you […]
Pausing Our Programming
We’re pausing our regularly scheduled programming to ask for your support. If that’s all the convincing you need, you can make a tax-deductible contribution here. For those of you who reasonably ask why you should give, here’s our pitch. Things are tough right now in the world of higher ed. Faculty, staff and students have […]
Your Summer Summary
We hope you had a great Fourth of July. Summer can be a time to move at a slower pace, but the action hasn’t stopped for Carolina and the world of higher ed. Here are a few updates that we thought you might find of interest: RED ALERT: SAVING SCIENCE In early June, we highlighted […]
Celebrating Carolina at America’s 250th
Happy Fourth of July from the Coalition for Carolina. As the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, we want to recognize the revolutionary idea that was the nation’s first public university – the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The vision for UNC was foundational to our budding democracy. North Carolina’s constitution of […]
Great Summer to be a Tar Heel
This seems to be the summer of sports. The FIFA World Cup is underway across North America. Legendary tennis player Serena Williams is taking a break from retirement to compete at Wimbledon next week. The New York Knicks accomplished comeback after comeback to win their first title in more than 50 years. And, of course, […]
Civility and Leadership in the Law
We recently launched a series highlighting how civil discourse and leadership are already being promoted on UNC’s campus outside of the embattled School of Civic Life and Leadership’s (SCiLL) curriculum. Carolina Law Magazine’s Spring 2026 edition covered a discussion between two respected legal scholars who see eye to eye on very little politically. Judge Richard […]
Lessons in Civility and Leadership
We’ve spent many newsletters detailing the never-ending news cycle surrounding UNC’s School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL). While we have misgivings about how the school was created, how it’s managed and how it fails to live up to its stated mission of promoting civil discourse on campus, we do see the value of promoting […]
Trump’s Worst Attack Yet
The Trump administration has issued its most dangerous attack yet on scientific research. Last Friday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) quietly released a 400-page document proposing a sweeping rule change that would give political appointees in the Trump administration unprecedented power over billions of dollars in federal grants. Former UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp […]