RALEIGH — The UNC Chapel Hill Faculty Council issued two resolutions regarding the 400-page report being withheld on the investigation conducted on the School of Civic Life and Leadership during its April 17 meeting.
In early March, UNC Chapel Hill officials received the results of an independent review of the School of Civic Life and Leadership (SCiLL) over leadership complaints and other issues, but the school withheld its release, citing confidentiality of personnel matters and protection of interviewees.
The two resolutions put forward by the Faculty Council call for clarity on SCiLL’s oversight structure, reporting relationships, faculty appointment practices and performance benchmarks, and for UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts to release the 400-page investigative report.
The first resolution cites the Faculty Executive Committee’s October 2025 letter to university administration asking for the details on SCiLL’s structure and practices and also asks for established protocols and criteria for creating new schools like SCiLL, as well as broader “institutional” questions.
The second resolution called on Roberts to release the report “in order to move forward with the transparency that the faculty, University community, and the public deserve, and to lift the cloud these allegations cast on the legitimacy of SCiLL and the excellence of our University.”
The SCiLL investigation cost $1.2 million using public funds and was conducted by the firm of K&L Gates. The use of public funds is the crux of a lawsuit filed by media outlets demanding release of the report.
