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 […]
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 […]
Free speech for Me and, Also, for Thee
Submitted by Hugh Stevens, Attorney at Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC Over more than 50 years, Hugh Stevens’ legal career has encompassed a wide array of civil litigation, the representation of numerous media companies, and teaching both undergraduate and law students. For more than 20 years Hugh served as general counsel to the North […]
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 […]