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Review of UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life and Leadership completed; public won’t get to read it

March 6, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — UNC Chapel Hill has received the results of an independent review of its School of Civic Life and Leadership — but the public won’t get to read it, with confidentiality of personnel matters […]

UNC BOG approves tuition increase

March 5, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The UNC Board of Governors met last week and approved two key items: a 3% tuition hike and a clear definition of academic freedom to be added to UNC System policies. Board Chair Wendy Murphy said the […]

UNC Chapel Hill approves tuition hike

November 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a 3% tuition rate hike for in-state undergraduate students and 10% increase for out-of-state undergraduate students during day two of its monthly meeting last Thursday. The UNC […]

Senate bill eliminating DEI in UNC System pending in House

April 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A North Carolina bill aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion practices within University of North Carolina System schools has passed the Senate and is now pending in the House. Senate Bill 558 […]

KISSEL: UNC Chapel Hill has a DEI radical running faculty hiring and promotion

March 14, 2025 Adam Kissel

Is UNC Chapel Hill serious about civil rights? This is an open question considering who the university has in charge of faculty hiring, tenure and promotion decisions. Since 2022, Giselle Corbie has served as vice […]

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SHAW: Who guides Carolina? The influence of the UNC Board of Trustees

December 27, 2024 Harrington Shaw

Detractors ignore the explicit role of the University’s governing board. Few entities at Carolina have received greater public and media scrutiny than the Board of Trustees. UNC has undergone significant changes since the COVID pandemic, […]

JONES: UNC’s SCiLL promotes democracy, not religion

November 22, 2024 Perrin W. Jones

A recent story on UNC Chapel Hill’s pioneering new School of Civic Life and Leadership by The Assembly, a left-leaning online magazine, missed an opportunity to explain to its readers what the program teaches, what […]

UNC System DEI cuts total over $17M

September 20, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH —The University of North Carolina System diversity, equity and inclusion position cuts and reassignments totaled more than $17.1 million. At its regular meeting on Sept. 11, the University of North Carolina System Board of […]

POLIAKOFF: University trustees should not be potted plants: the UNC example

August 12, 2024 Michael B. Poliakoff

The fish stinks from the head, goes the old saying. Presidents of elite universities have been at the head of the failed response to a rash of antisemitic harassment and chaos on too many campuses. […]

UNC interim chancellor Roberts approved for permanent job

August 9, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — After several months of speculation over who would fill the chancellorship at North Carolina’s flagship university, interim leader Lee Roberts has been picked to be the 13th chancellor of the University of North […]