Gov. Roy Cooper's Nov. 1 executive order established the Commission on the Governance of Public Universities, which will aim to limit excessive political influence in the Board of Governors and various boards of trustees.
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During its general meeting on Monday, the Faculty Executive Committee discussed faculty concerns and feedback on the special committee report by the American Association of University Professors, which criticized the UNC system.
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A special committee report by the American Association of University Professors said political pressure has jeopardized academic freedom and reinforced institutional racism within the UNC system.
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"Tenure is absolutely essential to higher education, not only to protect professors but to ensure classrooms that foster productive debates, and are free from external censorship. It’s pivotal for students, professors and their research and should not be abridged by attempts to control curriculum."
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The BOG also discussed changes to out-of-state undergraduate enrollment caps and funding approvals for capital projects — including UNC-Chapel Hill's innovation hub.
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The UNC System lost money on multiple fronts in the Silent Sam settlements. Even after the $2.5 million settlement with the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans was overturned, money from the "Monument Trust" was still used to pay University counsel, according to invoices from the firm Womble Bond Dickinson provided to The Daily Tar Heel. Invoices obtained by the DTH show that the UNC System paid over $243,338.14 to counsel for “professional services rendered” on the settlements — $119,753.14 through Nov. 30, 2019 and $123,585 as late as July 31, 2020.
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UNC will lift its indoor mask mandate on March 7, the University announced in a campus-wide email on Wednesday.
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At its Thursday meeting, the UNC Board of Governors announced honorees for the faculty public service award and discussed tuition and fees. The Board also gave updates on the adult online learning program, Project Kitty Hawk.
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The UNC System announced on Friday that its institutions should make wearing masks indoors optional by March 7. The change will not affect UNC-Chapel Hill at this time.
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"There is a disconnect between students and leaders. The power structure and appointment of leaders in the UNC School System are two important factors in understanding this disconnect."
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The UNC Board of Governors met for the first time this semester on Thursday and discussed the UNC System's five-year strategic plan, which is in its final year.
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The UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance proposed a performance-weighted funding model Wednesday. The model would eliminate tuition as a factor in state funding allocations for UNC-System institutions.
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"As this past decade has hopefully shown, the decisions brought about by 'the whims of political power' are neither sufficient nor desirable for governing world-class institutions of learning."
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From the Board of Trustees to the Faculty Executive Committee and student governments, many groups have a stake in decision-making at UNC as part of the University's shared governance. Under this model, different bodies collaborate in processes with a goal to benefit campus constituencies. But recently, the integrity and effectiveness of that system has been called into question with controversies swarming around the University.
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"I’m dying to see a UNC-Duke basketball game in the Dean Dome, graduate next to my friends at convocation and sign my name atop the bell tower. But if the “Carolina Experience” comes at the cost of the health of the community — I don’t want it."
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