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HOW THE LEGISLATURE ANNEXED PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION TO PARTISAN POLITICS

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Contributor "Will Davie's Ghost" analyzes what is arguably the most significant instance of politicization of public higher education in the 45 year history of the UNC system. HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE JONES STREET DOMINION As the end of the recent legislative session fades into the past, North Carolinians should know that moment also marks the establishment of a new era for public higher education in this state: lawmakers finally swept aside or transgressed nearly all the checks and balances protecting our universities from partisan political interference. These new statutory provisions are so broad in reach, and ill-conceived in substance, that members of the University community are still struggling to make sense of the implications and intent of this historically unprecedented arrogation of power. The full force of these changes will not be felt for months, and in some cases for years, but when they are citizens will wonder how one of the best systems of ...
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WE HAVE MOVED TO MEDIUM, AND CATO'S GHOST IS RETIRING (but not like his namesake!). A few of the posts here won't be making the move, but the rest are being combined with a number of opeds and analytical essays that together provide an overview of developments in North Carolina public higher education governance since 2013. Here's the Medium link: https://medium.com/@steve.leonard.unc
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Who's Who with Silent Sam Now

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Dave Dewitt at WUNC has written a great guide to the main players in the current iteration of the Silent Sam drama. Here's my take on that reportage: ______________________________________ This is a terrific introduction to the players in the Silent Sam snafu. Thanks to Dave Dewitt for his work. I would suggest a few additional, related considerations that readers should be able to assess from news reports on UNC BoG happenings over the past 9 months, and how developments unfold over the next 3 months: -- The solution to Silent Sam is way bigger than concerns in Chapel Hill. Sam has to be removed by way of some kind of legal workaround or a modification of the monuments legislation. If Sam goes back up at Chapel Hill, lawsuits for violations of equal protection and equal opportunity provisions of the US and NC constitutions would likely result. Nonpartisans on the BoG -- currently in the majority, and their numbers are growing as members are becoming more sensitive to pa...
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