by WorldTribune Staff, March 5, 2019 Later this month, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is expected to decide on what it plans to do with the Silent Sam Confederate monument that was toppled by protesters in August of last year. In the run-up to the decision, UNC officials had pledged a “very […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2017 The University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Dec. 15 approved the implementation of a new free speech policy that was passed by the state’s General Assembly earlier this year. Steve Long, a board member who chairs the University Governance Committee, said the new policy allows for students […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2017 Members of the UNC Board of Governors are thinking a conservative-leaning center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill would restore intellectual balance to the state’s college campuses. “We are trying to address a problem that seems to be endemic in higher education all across the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 24, 2017 A conservative think tank is touting its role in “advancing needed reforms” on college campuses in North Carolina, including free speech legislation that was passed by the state’s legislature this summer. The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal thanked its supporters “for helping us make great strides this […]