Hiding the SCiLL Report
The School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL) has been a headache for the University since its inception. We’ve covered SCiLL extensively – from the school’s undeniable right-wing origins and its fast-tracked approval process by the UNC Board of Trustees, to its rapid faculty turnover and accusations of mismanagement that led to an independent investigation. […]
Roberts’s Recording Reversal
Some of the most interesting, impactful news from Carolina is delivered through a livestream of the University’s Faculty Council meetings. Chancellor Roberts gave remarks at the Feb. 27 meeting (which you can view here, starting at 28:25), and we were encouraged by the empathy he showed, particularly in light of what we recently shared from […]
Podcasting the Smith Center Debate
We recently wrote about the intense debate going on surrounding the future home of Tar Heel basketball. Discussions about the Smith Center’s future are ongoing, and due to the deep interest in the issue from the Tar Heel community, we wanted to share a couple recent podcasts about the topic that we found informative. WCHL […]
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 […]
Heeling Together
One of the most talked-about and contentious issues happening on UNC’s campus right now is not about academics or budget cuts. It’s about where the Carolina men’s basketball team will call home in the years to come. At the Coalition for Carolina, we haven’t weighed in. But the debate has dragged on long enough, and […]
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 […]
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 […]