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It may soon become unbearable to teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I fear that day has already arrived, though desperately hope I am wrong. The latest disturbing news is that the university secretly records professors while they teach. A university media relations official confirmed it to Inside Higher Ed. Issac […]
It’s been almost a century since UNC-Chapel Hill hosted a School of Engineering on its campus. Are legislators trying to bring it — or something similar — back? That’s what a budget proposal from Republicans in the state House released Monday night appears to indicate. The budget proposes the UNC Board of Trustees establish a […]
University of North Carolina leaders refuse to release details on why the state agreed to pay millions to former students over allegations of decades-long sexual abuse by faculty at the state’s most prestigious arts campus. Actions by state lawmakers last year ensured they’ll never have to. In May, the UNC System and the UNC School […]
Wanted: 13th chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. Preferred qualifications: “Strategic leadership and vision,” a willingness to build community among members of campus and the “ability to protect academic freedom and free expression.” Those traits — among several other qualities — are what more than 2,500 members of the UNC community said they want to see in […]
Dr. Karrie Dixon will be NC Central University’s 13th chancellor. (Photo courtesy NCCU) Dr. Karrie Dixon has been selected by the UNC Board of Governors to be North Carolina Central University’s next chancellor. Dixon, a first-generation college student, has served as chancellor of Elizabeth City State University since 2018. During her tenure at ECSU, Dixon […]
North Carolina’s public universities are charting a new path without diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Last month, the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors voted to end DEI programs at all schools in the system. Channel 9’s Almiya White learned the change could have a serious impact on historically Black colleges and universities. […]
An almost five-year-old policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion at North Carolina public universities has been repealed after a vote by the UNC System Board of Governors, according to the News & Observer. The diversity policy repeal was passed last week by the 24-member UNC System board by a majority 22-2 vote. The policy change […]
Critics said HB 198 would allow for more pruning along highways threatening native trees and plants. (Photo: Getty Images) A proposed NC law would limit family and public access to death records a gavel and the scales of justice By Lynn Bonner Autopsy results would be kept secret from the public in cases under criminal […]
Programs and administrative positions supporting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at North Carolina’s public universities are one step closer to facing potential elimination — or at least significant changes — following a vote by the board that oversees the schools. The UNC System Board of Governors approved a policy Thursday that repeals the university system’s […]
The UNC System Board of Governors is scheduled to vote Thursday on a policy that would repeal existing diversity, equity and inclusion mandates across the state’s public universities, likely impacting efforts with stated missions to support students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. But the board making the decision lacks the same level of diversity […]
It was my junior year of high school, after the shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, when I truly realized I would have to deal with antisemitism as I grew up. Throughout my college experience at UNC-Chapel Hill I witnessed a consistent level of hatred, but since Oct. 7 it has taken a turn […]