The Silent Sam deal might encourage copycats. The Nov. 27 agreement between the UNC Board of Governors and the N.C. chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, transferring the Confederate monument from the university to the SCV, seems “squirrelly,” said former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr. Orr told Carolina Journal the settlement could set...
Silent Sam may soon find a new home nowhere near the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. The UNC System Board of Governors announced Wednesday, Nov. 26, it had entered a consent agreement with the North Carolina chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans over the fate of the Confederate memorial, which stood for more than a century...
North Carolina just earned its 12th green-light rating for campus free speech. Fayetteville State University, a constituent of the University of North Carolina System, has revised seven restrictive speech policies, earning accolades for First Amendment protections from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonpartisan legal nonprofit based in Philadelphia. FIRE ranks more than...
Members of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors want you to know something. They’re ready to move past the drama. Members projected that message Friday, Nov. 15, at a regular board meeting hosted by Elizabeth City State University. The gathering —led by the body’s newly installed chairman, Randy Ramsey — followed a...
A sense of urgency has taken hold of higher education leaders nationwide. Reports of declining community college graduation rates and the lack of skilled workers have led policymakers and college leaders to sound the alarm and vow to do whatever it takes to lower the high rate of “dropouts” and equip students to meet the...
Harry Smith, the former leader of the University of North Carolina System board, during his tenure was publicly described as “hands-on,” or “very involved” in the operations of the university system and its 17 campuses. A new trove of emails released by the UNC System Friday, Nov. 8, show exactly what that means — and...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: Cooper veto: Gov. Roy Cooper issued his 10th veto of the year Wednesday, Nov. 6. The governor struck down Senate Bill 250,...
Harry Smith, former chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors, has officially resigned from the board. In September, after months of publicly tense relationships with some members of the body, Smith announced he would step down as board chairman Oct. 1. At the time, he remained on the board. Now, the...
Assaulting a referee can carry a more serious criminal penalty than assaulting your neighbor. That’s just one of the curiosities associated with North Carolina’s criminal code. Mike Schietzelt, John Locke Foundation criminal justice fellow, discusses a process designed to identify and compile all of North Carolina’s laws. Once compiled, policymakers could decide whether it makes...
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood discusses leadership challenges at the University of North Carolina System. Hood offered these comments during the Nov. 1, 2019, edition of “NC SPIN.”
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review: Comments on Kay Hagan’s death: Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., died Monday, Oct. 28, at the age of 66. Hagan died...
