A Note from Professor Mimi Chapman
We’ve recently written about several topics that affect UNC faculty’s ability to teach and speak freely. A new campus recording policy, a new syllabi policy and a likely new definition of academic freedom are just a few things faculty members are grappling with at the moment. The world is changing quickly. While many of us […]
The Record on the Recording Policy
A new UNC policy on recording in the classroom has received considerable attention in recent days, and with alarming headlines like “UNC Administrators Can Now Secretly Record Faculty,” we wanted to be sure to share the facts. First discussion of a policy of this kind was a direct response to a recording incident on UNC’s […]
Dr. Lloyd Kramer – A History Lesson on Academic Freedom
This week, we are sharing with you a presentation on the timely topic of academic freedom, delivered by Professor Lloyd Kramer to UNC’s Faculty Council. You might remember the guest column Professor Kramer shared with us a couple weeks ago about the shuttering of UNC’s Area Studies Centers. Dr. Kramer is a professor emeritus of […]
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 BIG Question
The Daily Tar Heel recently sat down with Chancellor Lee Roberts to talk with him about what’s been going on at Carolina and, more specifically, the closing of the area centers that we wrote about last week. The full interview is informative and worth a read. The DTH provided top-notch journalism, as always. We were especially interested in the […]
Carolina’s Global Blunder
Happy new year, Tar Heels and friends! We are excited for the year ahead and the work we will do together over the next 12 months to support Carolina and its mission. We want to start this year by highlighting an important announcement that was made last month and that headlined yesterday’s print edition of […]
Faculty Denied Input on Syllabi Decision
Recently, we’ve seen too many instances of University leaders and governance bypassing faculty input and undermining standard decision-making protocol – from Trustees meddling in the Bill Belichick hiring process to fast-tracking the creation of the School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL) without faculty input. The latest example came from the UNC System that governs […]
Carolina Rejects Trump’s Compact
Friends, We did it! Thanks to your overwhelming response to our “Reject the Trump Administration’s Compact” petition, Carolina’s leadership has expressed its opposition to signing on to the Trump administration’s so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” At a faculty council meeting last Friday, Chancellor Lee Roberts called the compact an “infringement on academic […]
Delivered! Thank you.
Friends, Thank you again for your incredible response to our “Reject the Trump Administration’s Compact” petition. Earlier this week, we delivered the petition to members of the North Carolina General Assembly, the UNC Board of Governors and President Peter Hans and the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and Chancellor Lee Roberts. We are encouraged by […]
1,378 Signatures and Counting!
The response to our “Reject the Trump Administration’s Compact” petition has been incredible! You’ve helped us barrel past 1,300 signatures. Thank you. How far can we go? Can we make it to 2,500 signatures? Help us get as many signatures as possible by Friday. Will you share the petition with your friends, family and social […]