You Can Change How Carolina Is Governed
In case you missed all of the campaign signs and political commercials, here is yet another reminder that an election is just around the corner. Voting in the 2022 mid-terms starts on Thursday October 20, 2022 with One-Stop Early Voting. If you are concerned about politicization and governance overreach hurting our beloved Carolina, then we […]
How to Suppress Academic Freedom
On September 26, 2022 The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article under the heading of “academic freedom” that details the actions the University of Idaho has taken to silence educators when it comes to the issue of abortion. The article was written by Senior Reporter Nell Gluckman and is entitled; “’It’s Making Us Accomplices’: […]
How Florida Did It
Before we get into the topic of this week’s newsletter, we would like to send our thoughts and prayers to those in Florida, and elsewhere, who are dealing with the devastation left by Hurricane Ian. In last week’s newsletter we celebrated Carolina remaining in the #5 spot of US News and World Report rankings for […]
Upcoming Free Speech Event at Carolina
NC Policy Watch reports that free-speech and self-censorship will be formally discussed at Carolina. “On Sept 13, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Program for Public Discourse will hold the university’s first student-centered discussion on the issue. ‘Can We Talk? Student Thoughts on Free Expression at UNC,’ was sparked by a series of surveys about free speech — surveys that […]
Dr. William Sturkey: Speech? Debate? Self-Censor?
The Coalition reached out to UNC Chapel Hill history professor Dr. William Sturkey to get his perspective about speech on campus. We discussed , the meaning of academic freedom, “viewpoint” diversity and more. Below are a few video excerpts from our conversation about a recent student survey and calls for more “conservative” speech on campus. […]
The Danger of Politicization and a Post Truth America
The Coalition for Carolina noted that there have been several incidents around the country where politics are being injected into public university governance. We asked Dr. Holden Thorp for his opinion on what’s behind such incidents and here is his response: “Well, we have a whole lot of incidents around the country of boards becoming […]
The Chaos Continues
Governing chaos is not limited to Carolina or the UNC System. This week the NC Community College System president Thomas Stith III announced his resignation after little more than 18 months in the job. With this departure, the state’s community college system will have had seven presidents or interim presidents in seven years! During this same […]
Daughtry: Gone from the BOG After Criticizing the BOG
On June 13, 2022 we shared comments from several Board of Governors members who were critical of the BOG’s decision to move the UNC System headquarters. One of those members was Leo Daughtry. Here is part of what he said: “IT SEEMS TO ME that politics has seeped under our buffer”. He added that the UNC System […]
A Step-by-Step Political Power Grab
The News and Observer reports: The North Carolina House passed a bill last week, “just hours after it became public, that would take some power from the governor and give it to the legislature. It is the latest move by the Republican-majority General Assembly to take power from Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. The bill would […]
Two Concerning Issues for the BOG and BOT to Address
Below are two concerning governance issues that The Coalition for Carolina would like the Board of Governors and UNC Chapel Hill Trustees to address: Moving the UNC System offices to Raleigh and the possible consolidation of NC public education governance. GOP Legislators passed a law to move the UNC System office with an eye towards […]