A Look at the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ Authority
(Spoiler Alert: It Doesn’t Include Creating New Academic Programs) Last week I read an editorial in the Wall Street Journal expressing consternation that the UNC-Chapel Hill’s accrediting agency plans to ask for more information about University plans—launched by its Board of Trustees–to create a new School of Civic Life and Leadership. According to the WSJ, […]
UNC Faculty Council Addresses “Bucket of Chaos”
On Friday, February 17, 2023 the UNC-CH Faculty Council met to address the “bucket of chaos” created by yet another incidence of trustee (BOT) governance overreach. In its most recent overreach actions, the BOT failed to consult, or even inform, the faculty, chancellor, students or staff–normally charged with making such decisions– about a proposed new […]
UNC Chapel Hill trustees misfire…
UNC Chapel Hill “Board of Trustees Vice Chairperson John Preyer communicated with the Wall Street Journal editorial team about the School for Civic Life and Leadership as early as Jan. 24, according to emails obtained by The Daily Tar Heel.” This was two days prior to the board proposing the new school at a meeting on January […]
Here We Go Again With Governance Overreach
The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees (BOT) and the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) have again made headlines for governing actions that run counter to the decades long success of shared governance which has made Carolina a great university. Shared governance is the practice of involving all stakeholders in the decision-making process at a […]
An open letter to Margaret Spellings and Tom Ross
An open letter to Margaret Spellings and Tom Ross Governor Cooper’s newly-formed commission on governance has gotten the attention of Dr. Timothy Kaufman-Osborn. He submitted an open letter to NC Policy Watch’s The Pulse blog urging co-chairs Spellings and Ross to recommend a dramatic overhaul of UNC System governance. We view the commission’s work as very important […]
Alumni Review Ads
The Coalition for Carolina has placed ads in several issues of the UNC Chapel Hill Alumni Review. Below are just a few of the ads we placed in 2022,
Higher Ed Funding, Paul Fulton, and The Cooper Commission
Paul Fulton Huge congratulations to Coalition for Carolina advisor Paul Fulton! Paul, former dean of the Kenan Flagler business school and NC business executive, is a tireless advocate for North Carolina public education. He was recently honored by theNorth Carolina Society of New York at its annual Dinner Dance. Since 1947, the Society has recognized 79 […]
Calibrating UNC Governance
Higher Ed Works has published a great post about Governor Cooper’s newly established commission on governance. We asked, and received, their permission to re-publish the entire post below. RALEIGH (December 1, 2022) – Two former Presidents of the UNC System who will lead a commission to assess the System’s governing structure say the panel will […]
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS!
What a milestone! We’re absolutely delighted that more than 215,000 people who love and want to support Carolina students, faculty, research, and financial aid were motivated to contribute to the Campaign for Carolina. Because of their generosity, Carolina has raised an eyepopping FIVE BILLION DOLLARS with a month to go in the fundraising campaign! The […]
The 2022 Election is Over – Now What?
We are hopeful that the lack of a supermajority in the NC House will lead to more bipartisan cooperation with respect to public higher education governance and representation on boards of trustees. In celebrating the supermajority win in the NC Senate, Senator Berger touted one of his priorities as delivering “quality education”. We agree that […]