CHAPEL HILL — Stay in your lanes and keep pushing forward, the outgoing chairman of the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors said during an unusually emotional meeting to elect new board officers. Lou Bissette, an Asheville attorney and the BOG’s current leader, delivered a…
CHAPEL HILL — Two years after taking her seat as president of the University of North Carolina, Margaret Spellings is “pleased, but not satisfied” with her work so far. It’s been a busy and chaotic climb. During her first year in office, Spellings, along with the…
CHAPEL HILL — University of North Carolina leaders aren’t sure whether a partnership between UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System would help — or hurt — North Carolinians, UNC President Margaret Spellings said Friday. The plan, introduced in August, would join the two nonprofit systems, making…
CHAPEL HILL — Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Jan. 26 tangled with their chairman, Lou Bissette, over a recent op-ed calling the body “too political.” In a Charlotte Observer opinion piece published Dec. 26 titled,…
The University of North Carolina’s governing body allows politics to seep into its decision making — a bad habit, Board of Governors chairman Lou Bissette says. It’s always been a challenge for board members to balance freedom and accountability, but today that challenge is…
A basic liberal understanding of the rights of free expression and free association would lead inevitably to the kind of policy that the UNC system just adopted.
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina Law School’s Center for Civil Rights is cutting ties with the university system. Center lawyers Mark Dorosin and Elizabeth Haddix, who were fired Nov. 30, have filed paperwork moving the organization from under the UNC umbrella. The…
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated after initial publication to include comments from the center’s executive director, Ted Shaw.] RALEIGH — The University of North Carolina School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights has been unlawfully litigating for 15 years, the N.C. State Bar said Nov. 9.
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is one step closer to adopting rules that protect First Amendment rights on UNC campuses. Earlier this year state lawmakers passed House Bill 527. It directs BOG members to draft…
CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is rethinking how it does business. A board subcommittee Oct. 4 held a “meeting to discuss meetings.” The BOG, which sets policies and approves university budgets, must meet at least six times a year. But those discussions…
