The Senate’s proposed budget would cut state funding to the UNC School of Government and School of Law while giving millions to a new School of Civic Life.
On Thursday, the N.C. House approved millions of dollars in funding for the School of Civic Life and Leadership to be established at UNC.
This financial support comes amid community concerns over a lack of faculty input and potential political motivations behind the development of the School.
The Daily Tar Heel spoke to several state legislators to hear their perspectives on the new funding and School development.
President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Belle Wheelan sent an official accreditation inquiry letter to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz on Feb. 15, seeking more information on decision-making process behind the School of Civic Life and Leadership. The University had 45 days to respond.
After sending the accreditation inquiry, Wheelan received her own letter on March 1 from North Carolina Republicans in Congress.
“As members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, we expect accreditors not to pre
Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz gave updates about recent requests for information about UNC's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from the North Carolina legislature at Friday's Faculty Council meeting.
The UNC Board of Trustees’ University Affairs Committee met on Tuesday afternoon at the Carolina Inn for an update from Mimi Chapman, the chairperson of the faculty.
Much of the discussion was about conflict between University faculty and the Board of Trustees, and the development of the School of Civil Life and Leadership, which the Board voted to accelerate earlier this year.