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 […]
The Autocracy of it All
Millions more in budget cuts are coming to UNC-Chapel Hill – and somehow, this seemed to be a surprise to the very people tasked with making the decision. At last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, the board voted for $16.5 million in new budget cuts. These cuts were proposed in addition to the $70 million […]
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 […]
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. […]
A Win for Harvard and Higher Ed
Big news in higher education yesterday, with Harvard landing a legal win against the Trump Administration that had cost the university billions in research funding. We updated you last week on the many battles universities around the country are facing, including hefty politically motivated fines and research funding being held for ransom by the federal […]
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 […]
Coalition for Carolina statement on the resignation of University of Virginia President James E. Ryan:
Jim Ryan, the President of the University of Virginia, is a leader who says what he means and has pushed the institution he leads to be “great and good.” Who could take issue with such an aspiration? Yet, his presidency is apparently the necessary ransom to keep UVA from losing research funding and the jobs […]
The Real Impacts of Research Cuts
A lot is going on in the world – and that means that research and education aren’t always going to be on the front page. That doesn’t mean that the attacks are slowing down, though. We spent the past several months talking about the potential impacts of dramatic cuts to research funding, primarily at NIH […]
Europe Is Recruiting Our Researchers
Well, that didn’t take long. After the past several weeks of upheaval at research institutions across our country, Europeans are taking note – and taking advantage. The New York Times reported this week that European universities are recruiting “scientific asylum seekers” from U.S. research institutions. As countless research grants have been canceled by the federal […]
Recommended Reading
With all that’s happening right now, it’s hard to keep up. We at the Coalition are here to help. We covered last week how federal attacks on research won’t just affect universities like UNC, but will have lasting consequences on all of our lives when we lose the next generation of researchers and scientific progress […]