The Coalition Response to Kotis’ Attack and Lee Roberts Video Clips

Just a few hours after our March 20^th webinar where UNC Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts engaged in an open and respectful conversation with the Coalition for Carolina, trustee Marty Kotis, once again, pulled out his political hatchet and started swinging away at us.

In his attack, Kotis misrepresented our coalition, called former UNC System President Margaret Spellings a “RINO” and dismissed Chancellor Roberts’ participation in our webinar as “trying to play nice.”

It didn’t take Kotis long to attack us. Our webinar with the Chancellor ended at 11:45 am Wednesday, and his comments were posted in an article by Joe Killian of Newsline at 2:39 pm.

Coalition co-founder Roger Perry responded to the attack immediately and it was published by Killian the next day.  We have posted our response on our website and you can follow this link to access it.

Speaking of our webinar, we continue to receive favorable feedback from around the state and are very appreciative of interim chancellor Lee Roberts for taking the time to answer every question that he was asked.  If you missed the webinar, we’ve created a playlist of nearly all of his answers and you can click the play list to watch each clip. 
Click here to watch the entire Lee Roberts Webinar Playlist

Alternatively, below are links to several of the videos in the playlist titled with the topic he addressed.  Click on any link to watch a particular video from the play list.

Lee Roberts – Important Values I bring to Carolina	Roger Perry – Shares some facts about Carolina faculty salaries with interim chancellor Lee Roberts.	Lee Roberts – Says he would do nothing different as State Budget Director education funding wise.
Lee Roberts – His Top Priorities for Carolina	Lee Roberts – Explains what he views as “shared governance”.	Lee Roberts – Has not read Governor’s Commission report, but shares thoughts on board diversity.
Lee Roberts – Explains what role he sees Carolina playing in promoting democracy.	Lee Roberts – Shares if “lack of civility” led to American Democracy learning requirement.	Lee Roberts – Addresses whether Carolina should pursue diversity in wake of Supreme Court decision.
Lee Roberts – Explains how he views the trustees’ role juxtaposed to his role and the faculty’s role	Lee Roberts – Thoughts on linking ROI to education and training students for the workforce.	Lee Roberts – Addresses question of if Carolina should grow admissions and accept more students.
Lee Roberts – Shares what he thinks of the new School of Civic Life and Leadership	Lee Roberts – Appreciates how Carolina’s research powerhouse lifts and enhances North Carolina.	Lee Roberts – Answers question about banning legacy admissions at Carolina like UVA has done.
Lee Roberts – Shares how he views his role, priorities for legislature, thoughts on faculty salary	Lee Roberts – Answers if he undervalued /shorted higher education when he was State Budget Director	Lee Roberts – Shares his thoughts on philanthropy and private giving.
Lee Roberts – Had no opinion on Alabama law, but shared thoughts on free exchange of ideas.	Lee Roberts – Addresses question about friendship with Art Pope and being on Pope company boards.	Lee Roberts – Shares what he worries could go wrong at Carolina.

Other News:

• Daily Tarheel Feature Story on the Coalition for Carolina
• Carolina Trustee Blaine Predicts that UNC System Leaders will Follow Florida and Ban DEI