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Hundreds of Faculty and Staff Members Call on UNC to Dismiss Charges Against Student Protesters
As of Monday evening, more than 800 people had signed onto the petition advocating for students’ right to free speech and protest.
The Past, Present and Future of UNC’s Odum Village
Odum Village sits empty along Hibbard Drive in Chapel Hill. Vines climb the brick structures and small pine trees grow throughout the yard. Students once lived here. And now?
New Bill Would Eliminate Tenure for UNC System Faculty
The bill would make faculty at UNC System universities and community colleges at-will employees, or employees working on contracts ranging from one to four years.
UNC System Faculty, Staff Bristle as Legislature Targets DEI Efforts
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts and training on UNC System campuses is in jeopardy, employees say.
UNC Housekeepers Demand Fair Pay, Working Conditions
UNC housekeepers are once again demanding fair pay and better treatment. Their action aims to meet immediate needs but also to take down North Carolina’s restrictive anti-union legislation, a relic of the Jim Crow era.
Quickbait: Equity in Higher Education
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and NC State each trail the state average for percentage of Black faculty.
UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Pass a Resolution as Tensions Continue Over Free Speech
The defiant resolution affirms the right of faculty members to speak freely and the university’s duty to protect their speech.
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UNC-Chapel Hill a Finalist for National “Most Secretive Public Agency” Award
Other finalists for the award include the Arizona Senate, the US Food and Drug Administration, Utah’s Department of Corrections and the City of Huntsville, Alabama and its police department.
Documents Show New Details in “Sweeping and Disturbing” Faculty Investigation
Documents released last week show the probe went beyond reading faculty members’ emails to searching backup systems on their computers. It may have included as many as 22 separate faculty members.
The Department of Justice Has Finally Opened an Investigation into the 1970 Murder of James Lewis Cates Jr.
In 1970, the Black 22-year-old Chapel Hill resident was murdered by a Durham-based white supremacist group on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.
UNC-Chapel Hill Makes List of Ten Worst Colleges for Free Speech
The non-partisan Foundation for Individual Rights in Education dedicated to free speech and academic freedom on campuses cited last year’s controversy over the university’s botched hiring of Nikole Hannah-Jones.
UNC Alumni Magazine’s Decision to Cancel Story Examining University Controversies Raises Questions, Concerns
Carolina Alumni Review publisher denies political motives were behind decision to abandon planned investigative report.
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustee’s Involvement in Debate Between Candidates for Student Body President Sparks Controversy
Student Body President Lamar Richards said in a complaint to UNC leadership that Trustee Marty Kotis attended an online debate, asked questions, and offered “pointed, professionally inappropriate responses in the chat” to candidates’ answers.
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