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Korie Dean

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Higher education reporter at The Assembly in NC. Previously at The News & Observer. UNC alum. Reach me at korie@theassemblync.com.

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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This N.C. College Leader Thinks Two-Year Schools Can Save the Middle Class Monty Sullivan, the new president of the N.C. Community College System, talks like an evangelist for the schools.
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This N.C. College Leader Thinks Two-Year Schools Can Save the Middle Class
Monty Sullivan, the new president of the N.C. Community College System, thinks the schools can get more North Carolinians into jobs.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UNC finished its football investigation and once again released few details about the findings. I asked the investigators why www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s Football Investigation is Over. Will We Ever Know What It Found?
University officials are providing few details. They say the secrecy is necessary to build trust with future whistleblowers.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How UNC Asheville Plans to Attract More Students After Another Enrollment Drop The liberal arts university has struggled with enrollment challenges, but the chancellor says she has a plan to turn things around.
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How UNC Asheville Plans to Attract More Students After Another Enrollment Drop
The liberal arts university has struggled with enrollment challenges, but the chancellor says she has a plan to turn things around.
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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you're able, please consider donating to help support the journalists McClatchy just laid off this week at: • The Charlotte Observer: gofund.me/78b29b46e • The News & Observer: gofund.me/1057d6a70
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
McClatchy, controlled by a hedge fund, doesn't want you to talk about all the journalists they're laying off today around the country!
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RTI Hits the Xcelerator The nonprofit is expanding a facility that helps startups develop new technologies after federal funding cuts.
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RTI Hits the Xcelerator
RTI International is expanding a facility that helps startups develop new technologies. The effort comes after federal funding cuts upended its business model.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
if you thought the research funding fight was over, i'm sorry to say it's just changed forms www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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The New Federal Funding Problem
Universities like UNC-Chapel Hill major cuts to research funding, but the pipeline for new grants is shrinking. Researchers have been left in limbo.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Dolly’s songs will live on. They document American history through the eyes of Americans who don’t often get to tell their own story.“
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Garrett Shanley @garrettshanley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Exclusive: The U. of North Carolina system on Tuesday told Education Secretary Linda McMahon that professors can require students to disclose AI usage. What UNC leaders didn’t mention in their “Compact 2.0” reply: AI helped draft their letter. www.chronicle.com/article/unc-...
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UNC Used AI to Help Draft Its ‘Compact 2.0’ Response. Is That Hypocritical?
In the letter, the University of North Carolina system said students can be required to disclose their use of the technology — while not disclosing its own.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Update: UNC System President Peter Hans and Board of Governors Chair Kellie Blue sent this response to McMahon www.northcarolina.edu/wp-content/u...
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Internships Are More Important Than Ever. N.C. Universities Are Working To Keep Up Many students are finding there aren’t enough internship opportunities for everyone.
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Internships Are More Important Than Ever. N.C. Universities Are Working To Keep Up
Many students are finding there aren’t enough internship opportunities for everyone. North Carolina colleges are trying to help.
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Sarah Willets @sarahwillets.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@indyweek.bsky.social has a new staff writer covering Durham schools and government—and she has her first cover story out this week on an issue I keep hearing about: A dearth of child care providers. Everybody welcome Tori Newby and give her story a read: indyweek.com/news/as-prov...
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As Providers Struggle to Hire, Durham Child Care Seats Go Empty
Child care centers are struggling to cover costs and pay teachers. In Durham, a provider shortage is leaving families on a waitlist.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New: The UNC System expects to respond on behalf of its 16 universities to the “call to action” letter U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sent last week. More @theassemblync.bsky.social: www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC System Expects to Respond to McMahon's Higher Ed Letter
The letter follows Trump's compact, which would have given schools a leg up on federal funding if they agreed to align with administration priorities.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
unc has hired the same external lawyers to investigate its football program as they did to investigate its civics school. we're still suing to get the report from that civics investigation www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Retains Law Firm to Investigate Football Program
The university has hired the same team that produced a confidential report into its civics school earlier this year.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
UNC-CH Fundraising Chief Andreasen to Depart for Columbia University The vice chancellor for development's tenure included a major fundraising year, as well as staff frustration with a controversial restructuring.
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UNC-CH Fundraising Chief Andreasen to Depart for Columbia University
Mike Andreasen’s tenure as UNC-CH's vice chancellor for development included a major fundraising year and a controversial restructuring.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Defense Department Picks UNC-Chapel Hill as New Partner After Dumping Ivy League Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the department's former partners had become the grounds for “woke indoctrination.”
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Defense Department Picks UNC-Chapel Hill as New Partner After Dumping Ivy League
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued that the department's former partners had become the grounds for “woke indoctrination.”
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
N.C. Community College System Taps Longtime Louisiana Leader for Top Job The new president, who must get confirmation from legislators, will be looked upon to provide stable leadership at a time of momentum and change.
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N.C. Community College System Taps Longtime Louisiana Leader for Top Job
Monty Sullivan, who must get confirmation from legislators, will be looked upon to provide stable leadership at a time of momentum and change.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
in one decade, duke enrolled stephen miller, richard spencer, the doj lawyer trying to end birthright citizenship, the lawyer in charge of trump's immigration cases, a trump speechwriter fired for going to a white supremacist event, and more www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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Dukes in Trump’s Court
Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism Dean to Step Down Raul Reis will step down on August 1. He has led the journalism school since 2022.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism Dean to Step Down
Raul Reis will step down August 1. He has led UNC-Chapel Hill's journalism school since 2022.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Before She Took Historic Moon Photos, Christina Koch Honed Her Skills in N.C.  Koch is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission that made her the first woman to orbit the moon.
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Before She Took Historic Moon Photos, Christina Koch Honed Her Skills in N.C. 
Christina Koch hung a poster of the Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo in her dorm room. Now, she is credited with taking “Earthset” on a mission to orbit the moon.
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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This @koriedean.bsky.social interview with Nicole Carr about her new book is great & touches on so many things at once. “We often find so many firsts in Black history—not just for Black people, but for the country, because our full citizenship is what allows America to realize its promise.”
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How the Rise and Fall of Shaw’s Medical School Helps Explain Modern Racial Disparities
Journalist Nicole Carr’s debut book includes pieces of North Carolina history that surprised the Tar Heel State native.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
howard bunsis has accused dozens of universities of falsely claiming financial precarity to justify cutting budgets. administrators accuse him of just telling professors what they want to hear. @mzahneis.bsky.social and i dug into the disagreement www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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The Faculty’s Numbers Man
The accounting professor has conducted analyses of more than 100 colleges’ finances. He often concludes that campuses are on more stable ground than administrators claim.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Faculty’s Numbers Man When professors want to dispute cuts, they turn to Howard Bunsis. Is he just telling them what they want to hear?
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The Faculty’s Numbers Man
The accounting professor has conducted analyses of more than 100 colleges’ finances. He often concludes that campuses are on more stable ground than administrators claim.
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social’s new book, “The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation,” looks important and fascinating. Thanks to Nicole and writer @koriedean.bsky.social for this smart Q&A. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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How the Rise and Fall of Shaw’s Medical School Helps Explain Modern Racial Disparities
Journalist Nicole Carr’s debut book includes pieces of North Carolina history that surprised the Tar Heel State native.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This story has been updated with an interview with the professor, Kiran Asher: www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor
The rare move comes a year after the Board of Trustees delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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Tyler Dukes @mtdukes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor (by @koriedean.bsky.social) www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor
The rare move comes a year after the Board of Trustees delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor The rare move comes a year after the board delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor
The rare move comes a year after the Board of Trustees delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
BREAKING @theassemblync.bsky.social: The UNC Board of Trustees voted against hiring & giving tenure to a women's studies professor who'd gone through multiple levels of approval. It's a rare move that comes a year after the board delayed dozens of tenure votes. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor
The rare move comes a year after the Board of Trustees delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
BREAKING: Ralph Baric—the renowned public-health researcher whose work on coronaviruses helped make COVID-19 vaccines possible, but brought scrutiny in the process—will retire from UNC-Chapel Hill in June.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Breaking @theassemblync.bsky.social: UNC-Chapel Hill coronavirus researcher Ralph Baric is retiring in June www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Coronavirus Researcher Ralph Baric to Retire
Baric’s life’s work paved the way for vaccines against COVID-19. But it brought scrutiny to him, his lab, and UNC in the process.
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Call (text) me, beep me, if you want to reach me!
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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
BREAKING: Saint Augustine’s University filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday and announced on Tuesday that its interim president, Dr. Jennie Ward-Robinson, has resigned after about four months on the job.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
in which i try, once again, to pierce the veil of the unc school of civic life and leadership investigation www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-CH Civics School Report Spurs Recriminations and Resolutions
The university hasn't released its findings on the School of Civic Life and Leadership. At a faculty meeting, one professor claimed to have information.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What N.C. State’s Arena Move Tells Us About the Dean Dome’s Future Nearly 30 years ago, N.C. State basketball moved from Reynolds Coliseum to an off-campus court. The arguments then echo current sentiments about the Dean Dome.
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What N.C. State’s Arena Move Tells Us About the Dean Dome’s Future
N.C. State basketball moved from Reynolds Coliseum to an off-campus court 30 years ago. The arguments then echo current sentiments about the Dean Dome.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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.
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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.
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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.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.
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Carli Brosseau @carlibrosseau.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Facing pushback against several controversial decisions this school year, Roberts has repeatedly issued a similar apology: He could have communicated better. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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.
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Assembly is excited to announce that we have partnered with @theatlantic.com for their North Carolina stop of The Atlantic: Across America tour. theatlantic.typeform.com/to/ctd1P0Tk
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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 www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Paused plans to build a stadium district on property south of UNC Asheville’s main campus have forced questions about the university’s future. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The policy is now final: policies.unc.edu/TDClient/283...
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Classroom Recordings Policy
The purpose of this Policy is to establish clear rules for the recording of classes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
unc is finalizing a classroom recording policy that would allow administrators to secretly record faculty in some cases www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.
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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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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.”
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Korie Dean @koriedean.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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...
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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.
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Matt Hartman @themhartman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
the resolution just passed the full board on the consent agenda
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