UNC Wilmington Wants to Start a Medical School A UNCW medical school, which would take at least seven years to get off the ground, would be the latest boon to health education in the state.

UNC Wilmington Wants to Start a Medical School

The school, which would take at least seven years to get off the ground, would be the latest boon to health education in the state.

How N.C. Universities Plan to Prove Their Value Three UNC System chancellors discussed pressures and opportunities for higher education during The Atlantic Across America tour’s stop in Durham, in partnership with The Assembly.

How N.C. Universities Plan to Prove Their Value

Three UNC System chancellors discussed pressures and opportunities for higher education during The Atlantic Across America tour’s stop in Durham, in partnership with The Assembly.

Former UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Settles Lawsuit With University Chris Clemens alleged the board violated open meetings and public records laws, but both sides said they resolved the dispute with neither paying any penalty.

BREAKING: UNC-Chapel Hill and former provost Chris Clemens have settled their lawsuit in a stalemate. Neither side admits fault or wins any money, and each will pay its own legal fees.

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N.C. Supreme Court Reverses 2022 Ruling on Leandro School Funding Plan Leandro v. North Carolina began in 1994, when five low-wealth counties sued the state over what they contended was inadequate funding.

The N.C. Supreme Court ended a marathon court battle over funding for public schools with a ruling Thursday that said state courts can’t order the legislature to spend money on education. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati... #ncpol

Lee Roberts Knows He Needs to Say More About That After several controversial decisions this school year, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts has issued a similar apology: He could have communicated better.

Facing pushback against several controversial decisions this school year, Roberts has repeatedly issued a similar apology: He could have communicated better.

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We Asked Every UNC System School For a Simple Record. Here’s What Happened. State law on public records only directs agencies to provide the documents “as promptly as possible.” We tested that with UNC System schools.

We Asked Every UNC System School For a Simple Record. Here’s What Happened.

State law on public records only directs agencies to provide the documents “as promptly as possible.” We put that to the test.

The Assembly is excited to announce that we have partnered with @theatlantic.com for their North Carolina stop of The Atlantic: Across America tour.

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UNC-Chapel Hill Concludes Civics School Investigation, Won’t Release Findings A law firm's external investigation into UNC-CH's civics school is complete, but the university won't provide details.

unc has concluded it's investigation into the school of civic life and leadership and it's standing behind jed atkins as dean.

beyond that, we didn't learn anything specific about what they found or what they're doing about it

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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

UNC-Chapel Hill will “scrap” a policy that would have allowed administrators to secretly record professors, Chancellor Lee Roberts said Friday. The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

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UNC Asheville’s Soccer Stadium Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet Neighbors, students, and UNC leaders clash over a plan to develop university-owned woods into a soccer stadium and mixed-use housing.

Paused plans to build a stadium district on property south of UNC Asheville’s main campus have forced questions about the university’s future.
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The policy is now final: policies.unc.edu/TDClient/283...

UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.

unc is finalizing a classroom recording policy that would allow administrators to secretly record faculty in some cases

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UNC System Board Advances Academic Freedom Policy, Despite Pushback Lawyers for a faculty group said the policy would “effectively weaken the definition and historical scope of academic freedom.”

A UNC System Board of Governors committee on Wednesday advanced a proposal to define “academic freedom” across the state’s public universities, despite pushback from a faculty group and their lawyers.

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UNC System Board Weighs Defining, Setting 'Parameters' for Academic Freedom The proposed policy explains the concept the same way a faculty group did last fall, but system leaders added limitations on what is protected.

New: For the first time, the UNC System could soon define “academic freedom” for its universities.

A Board of Governors committee will consider adopting an explanation of the concept that sets "parameters" for faculty and "protections" for students. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

the resolution just passed the full board on the consent agenda

UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Considers Surprise $16.5 Million Cut A committee advanced a resolution directing university leaders to propose a plan to cut more administrative spending.

I'm back from parental leave to help @koriedean.bsky.social unravel higher ed happenings, like today's surprise resolution to cut an additional $16.5 million from UNC's budget

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UNC-Chapel Hill to Develop 'Full-Blown Satellite Campus' at Carolina North The chancellor announced plans to develop roughly 230 acres of land north of the main campus. The Smith Center’s future remains undecided.

New: It's happening.

UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts on Wednesday announced plans to develop part of the property known as Carolina North into a "full-blown satellite campus." But the Smith Center's future is undecided. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

UNC-Chapel Hill Trustee John Preyer Resigns Preyer championed efforts to revamp the university’s budget and launch a civics school, but he may be remembered most for his role in hiring Bill Belichick.

New @theassemblync.bsky.social: UNC-Chapel Hill trustee John Preyer, perhaps most widely known for his role in the Belichick hire, has resigned from the board www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

McClatchy’s Machine Mindset A recent meeting with McClatchy executives left union leaders stunned and deeply alarmed about how the company wishes to implement A.I. in the newsroom, Status has learned.

A mid-December meeting with McClatchy executives left union leaders stunned and deeply alarmed about how the company wishes to implement A.I. in the newsroom, Status has learned.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

Live updates: Trump says Maduro captured in ‘large scale strike’ against Venezuela The United States carried out a large-scale strike on Venezuela, capturing its president, Nicolás Maduro, and flying him out of the country, President Trump said.

Breaking: The U.S. has carried out a “large scale strike” on Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and flying him out of the country, President Donald Trump said in a social media post early Saturday.

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UNC System Issues Policy Making Syllabi Public The regulation, which includes some changes from a previous draft, takes effect on January 15.

Syllabi for all courses in the UNC System will now be considered public records and soon must be made available online, under a rule issued Friday by system President Peter Hans.

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Former NC Gov. Jim Hunt, a longtime, dominant figure in state politics, has died Jim Hunt was elected to an unprecedented four terms as governor.

Jim Hunt was elected to an unprecedented four terms as governor.

UNC System Weighs Requiring Course Syllabi to be Public Campuses have reached different conclusions about whether syllabi are public records. Now the UNC System wants to dictate that they are.

New: The UNC System could make all course syllabi public records and openly available online.

The system frames the potential move as a benefit to students. But critics say it could put professors at risk and violate their intellectual property rights. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

Why UNC-CH Revived a Plan to Merge Library and Data Science Many questions remain about UNC-Chapel Hill’s plan to merge the schools of Data Science and Society and Information and Library Science.

UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Data Science and Society has been up and running for just three years. Now, it will merge with the School of Information and Library Science in a change tied to artificial intelligence.
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Why UNC-CH Revived a Plan to Merge Library and Data Science Many questions remain about UNC-Chapel Hill’s plan to merge the schools of Data Science and Society and Information and Library Science.

A 2020 plan to build a merged data science school at UNC-CH failed, @koriedean.bsky.social reports. The new plan excludes computer science and statistics departments. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

RIP to K&W. Grew up going to the one in Burlington and my grandma even hosted our family Christmas there circa 2015 🎄

I don’t know what kind of deals y’all think there are at Southpoint but I can guarantee none of them are worth sitting in the mile-plus of standstill traffic trying to get off the exit that I just passed

Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY agents are coming to the state capital.

BREAKING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents will be deployed in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY on Monday.

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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Vote to Raise In-State Tuition After All It appeared administrators’ preferred plan to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 3 percent was dead. Then it rose again.

New @theassemblync.bsky.social:

It appeared UNC-Chapel Hill administrators’ preferred plan to raise in-state undergraduate tuition by 3 percent was dead. Then it rose again. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

Tale of two trustee boards: NC State trustees approved an 3% tuition increase for in-state students with no debate or discussion. Compare that to the lengthy two-day, painstaking affair at UNC-Chapel Hill.