UNC Resolutions and Contacts
Resolutions:
Below are relevant UNC Trustee and Faculty Council Resolutions along with supporting documents
Faculty Council: On Principles for the Promotion and Protection of Free Speech (4/13/18)
Board of Trustees: Resolution on the Affirmation of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech (page 28) 2022
Faculty Council: On the Right and Duty of Faculty Members to Speak Freely and the Duty of the University to Protect Faculty Speech. 2022
University of Chicago Statement on Free Speech
University of Chicago Kalven Report
Contacts:
These are the contacts at UNC responsible for dealing with matters of free speech on campus.
- Chris Lundberg, Vice Provost for Communication
- Katie Nolan, Executive Director of Strategy, Policy, and Special Projects for Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance
- Jonathan Sauls, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Kim Strom, Director of the Office of Ethics and Policy Management
Recent History of Academic Freedom at UNC
FIRE Green Light Rating: 2015
Faculty Adoption of University of Chicago Statement: 2018
Program for Public Discourse Created: 2019
Free Expression and Constructive Dialogue Research: 2019 & 2022
FIRE Ranking: 23rd out of 154 universities: 2021
Trustee Adoption of University of Chicago Statement and Kalven Report: 2022
Faculty Adoption on the Right and Duty of Faculty Members to Speak Freely and the Duty of the University to Protect Faculty Speech. 2022
Committee on Academic Freedom and Free Expression commissioned: 2022
