Trustees at North Carolina’s Flagship University Want School Based on Intellectual Freedom
When North Carolina’s flagship university board of trustees voted to start a new school based on intellectual freedom to counter “woke” ideology, the backlash was swift.
On Jan. 26, it was widely reported the board of trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted unanimously for the administration to accelerate its development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership.
The school would feature for-credit courses on history, literature, and political science—from diverse viewpoints—and offer “freedom of expression, intellectual diversity and open inquiry,” according to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
That sparked outrage from the UNC faculty, who said that it is their responsibility to determine curriculum—which illustrated to conservatives why the new school is needed….