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 […]
An Update from Chancellor Roberts
Last week, we shared with you a presentation on academic freedom delivered by Professor Lloyd Kramer to UNC’s Faculty Council. This week, we want to highlight the remarks of Chancellor Lee Roberts at that same meeting. You can view Chancellor Roberts’s full remarks here, where he shares with the Faculty Council his vision and outlook […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]