COALITION FOR CAROLINA

We're still the envy of the nation-a top five public university, the University of the People, a world-class research university, the key economic driver for the state-but things have changed in Blue Heaven. Our shining Light on the Hill is no longer leading itself. Partisan politics and governance overreach has seeped into daily operations. A series of embarrassing incidents have made national headlines over the past few years. The shared governance model that has served us well for decades has been abandoned. And, political appointees have created disruption by inserting themselves into lower-level hiring decisions. There also appears to be a new disregard for faculty tenure determinations (the Nikole Hannah-Jones) debacle, and decisions about how Carolina operates are being influenced by political priorities... We believe that day to day operational decisions and those that shape the future of Carolina should be made in Chapel Hill in the decades long, proven, and highly..

Primary location: Chapel Hill United States