Report of a Special Committee: Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina System

Institution	American Association of University Professors
Titel	Report of a Special Committee: Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina System
Quelle	(2022), (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Governance; Academic Freedom; Racial Bias; State Universities; Institutional Characteristics; Politics of Education; Centralization; College Administration; College Faculty; Minority Group Teachers; Teacher Persistence; COVID-19; Pandemics; Freedom of Speech; Educational Legislation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Akademische Freiheit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Staatliche Universität; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Fakultät; Redefreiheit; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz
Abstract	This report by the Special Committee on Governance, Academic Freedom, and Institutional Racism in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system considers the influence of the gerrymandered North Carolina state legislature on the systemwide board of governors and campus boards of trustees and how political pressure has obstructed meaningful faculty participation in the governance of the UNC system. It also assesses how the environment for academic freedom in the UNC system has been weakened by the politicization and increased centralization of system governance and by mounting political interference in university policy. Finally, the report focuses on key issues of institutional racism within UNC: the racial climate, institutional inequities, and retention of faculty of color. It demonstrates how the areas of governance, institutional racism, and academic freedom overlap significantly. The report concludes that UNC needs strong and independent leadership that respects faculty expertise, that observes widely accepted principles of academic governance, that protects academic inquiry from political pressures and constraints, and that is willing to do more than simply pay lip service to the idea of equity. [The text of this report was written in the first instance by the members of the special committee.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01