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DEI disguised: Undercover footage shows UNC official ignoring ban right
Undercover footage from Accuracy in Media released this week exposed a university administrator explaining how officials skirt the DEI ban.
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NCInnovation committee votes to freeze investment plans as lawmakers weigh budget clawback
The NCInnovation investments committee voted Monday to keep the organization’s $500 million endowment fully in cash for the next 30 days, maintaining maximum flexibility as lawmakers consider legislation that could repeal the nonprofit’s authorizing statute and shift its funding model.
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Over $17 million in DEI program cuts reported at UNC schools
Following the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees's policy decision to slash diversity, equity, and inclusion programs earlier this year, campus administrators have reported a combined total of $17.1 million in DEI program cuts, with nearly 60 employee positions eliminated.
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‘Calm, steady, and focused leadership’: Roberts elected Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill
The UNC Board of Governors voted Friday to elect Lee Roberts, serving as interim chancellor since January, as the fully vested chancellor of North Carolina's flagship public university.
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UNC system projects in House budget: Poe Hall, an engineering school, and a new admissions data dashboard
Among the notable items in the North Carolina House budget released on Monday night is new funding for a school of engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, and requirements that the medical programs are following merit-based policies.
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UNC System Board of Governors votes to amend DEI policy for ‘institutional neutrality’
With just two dissenting votes, the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted Thursday to amend Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policy on campuses statewide. The two “no” votes on the board were from Sonja Phillips Nichols and Joel Ford. The new policy centers on maintaining “institutional neutrality,” a point made in comments from...
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Wake-up call ahead as universities revive testing requirements
High school students looking to apply to colleges within the University of North Carolina system may have to face SAT or ACT testing in the years ahead after a four-year hiatus from standardized testing in response to COVID-19. Colleges initially paused testing requirements because students couldn’t go into testing sites in person. However, that pause...
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UNC Board of Governors committee votes to remove DEI from policy manual
The UNC Board of Governors' Committee on University Governance voted unanimously Wednesday in support of a resolution to remove and replace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) language from the UNC System's policy manual.
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UNC Board of Governors approves ban on compelled political speech
The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors unanimously approved a new policy Feb. 23 banning schools from forcing employees or applicants to agree with certain political viewpoints as a condition of employment or acceptance as a student.
Opinion
New generation of leaders at UNC values thought diversity
The morning after Donald Trump was elected president, I was sitting in the office of Carol Folt, the then-chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, along with the school’s top academic officer, Provost Jim Dean, to discuss my concern that UNC had fostered an oppressive monoculture that was undermining critical thinking on campus. The timing was serendipitous, as...
Opinion
Test scores help predict student success
A couple of months ago, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted to keep the system’s admissions process “test optional” through the fall of 2024. University leaders said that to do otherwise in the aftermath of COVID-19 would be unfair to students and harmful to UNC’s constituent campuses. If you squint really hard,...
Opinion
Get in the fight to protect free expression in higher ed
Saying there is a liberal bias in the media is the same as saying that Pugs are the cutest dogs in the world. Most everyone already knows both to be true. The bias is ubiquitous. We see it every day. I am a member of the UNCW Board of Trustees and recently, we learned of...
