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Registration is about to end. Raleigh area alumni and friends of UNC Chapel Hill, join us for this event on November 12. The evening is free but please register here. 4agc.com/event/converstion-w…
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@UNC is one of just four universities to have achieved ACTA’s Gold Standard for Freedom of Expression™, and the first ever to score a perfect score of 20 out of 20. They lead the nation in their commitment to academic excellence and the free exchange of ideas on campus.
Raleigh area alumni and friends of UNC Chapel Hill, join us for this event on November 12. The evening is free but please register here. 4agc.com/event/converstion-w…
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Reminder of next week's event featuring UNC graduate Dr. Carol Swain, who will speak on Diversity without Discrimination: How to Promote Unity in a post-DEI World. Tuesday at 5pm in the Student Union Auditorium.
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Some disappointing news. UNC Chapel Hill drops in the annual FIRE Free Speech rankings. Read more here. mailchi.mp/395630244a81/uncb… @TheFIREorg
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We agree! Last year we recommended @UNC require a similar statement on all syllabi. Too many students self-censor. They need to be encouraged to speak out & feel confident they can do so without reprisal. In every class.
With the new academic year approaching, I encourage professors who teach on controversial matters to include on their syllabi a statement like the one I include on mine:
"As set forth in Rights, Rules, Responsibilities section 1.1.3, Princeton University strictly respects the right to free speech of everyone in our community of scholars and learners. That right is sacrosanct in this class and is possessed by faculty and students alike. With the aim of advancing and deepening everyone’s understanding of the issues addressed in the course, students are urged to speak their minds, explore ideas and arguments, play devil’s advocate, and engage in civil but robust discussions. There is no thought or language policing. We expect students to do business in the proper currency of intellectual discourse—a currency consisting of reasons, evidence, and arguments—but no ideas or positions are out of bounds."
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UNC Chapel Hill did everything the reformers asked for on paper. Institutional neutrality. A new School of Civic Life. The death of its DEI office. So why is the place still run by social-justice activists?
Because policy doesn't matter if personnel doesn't change. And at Chapel Hill, the personnel never changed.
Told to scrap DEI course requirements, the school just renamed "Difference, Power, and Inequality" to "Power and Society." It kept the same catalog: "Queering China," "Global Whiteness," "Feminist Geographies."
It closed its Diversity & Inclusion office, then put its former DEI czar in charge of ADMISSIONS. At the university whose name is on the SFFA decision.
The new provost, Magnus Egerstedt, ran a UC Irvine engineering school hit with a civil-rights complaint over explicit racial quotas. His first move at UNC?Trying to hire a self-described "postcolonial marxist feminist" who hasn't published a book in 17 years. The trustees blocked it.
The official overseeing faculty hiring calls meritocracy a "fallacy" and racism "the fabric of our country."
The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees sees these problems but they no longer have the power to act. In 2024, UNC System President Peter Hans stripped the board of its authority to veto senior administrative appointments. Hires like Egerstedt's now rest with the chancellor and Hans alone.
The UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees' authority to veto senior appointments should be restored. That is the best way to align personnel with trustee policy. Hans revoked it but the Board of Governors for the entire university system and the General Assembly both have the power to restore it.
@ManhattanInst's @JohnDSailer for @cityjournal city-journal.org/article/uni…
Memorial Day is a good time to revisit Bill Friday's remarks at the dedication of the Carolina Alumni Memorial. "We believe in freedom and liberty and are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to make freedom and liberty secure for all people. The 684 lives we memorialize brought you and me to the special moment in independence that we so cherish. Here and now, you and I can do no less than rededicate our lives, our energy and our strength to make sure, very sure, that in our time, our generation will have done its part, done our very best to make this democracy worthy of the sacrifices of those we honor."
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Why does viewpoint diversity matter and how can it be practiced?
HxA's regional conference is focused on this question and kicking off with a keynote from @DanielDiermeier, the Chancellor of Vanderbilt University.
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UNC’s response to Daily Tar Heel mock headlines proves that the battle for free speech on campus isn’t yet won.
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Free speech for all—especially the voices we disagree with. 💬 A new piece dives into the ongoing debate over expression and accountability on campus.
Read More:
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Many thanks to Senior Political Correspondent @ByronYork who enlightened our Annual Dinner audience last night with insights into the events of the day. This is our 5th Anniversary and we stay as involved and relevant as ever focused on our mission to promote and defend free speech, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity at UNC-Chapel Hill.
