Academic Governance Review

Academic Governance Review

Stephen Leonard UNC

High-handed howlers

Short-takes on UNC governance inanities. Send in your nominations. Keep it short and sharp — if you can.

Feb 24, 2023

Feb 24, 2023

Stephen Leonard UNC

The Hans Supremacy (or, The End of Independence in UNC Governance)

(This is an under-construction-first-cut placeholder. I’ll get back to it after I finish some other research on a time-sensitive project…

Sep 17, 2020

Sep 17, 2020

Stephen Leonard UNC

The Hans Predicament

Don’t assume the UNC governance mess will go away any time soon.

Aug 31, 2020

Aug 31, 2020

Stephen Leonard UNC

The Silent Sam settlement snafu

The conflicts over the Silent Sam settlement are all over the place, and this posting will have to be updated later on, but it is worth…

Dec 17, 2019

Dec 17, 2019

Stephen Leonard UNC

Cecil Staton (and ECU) discover Governance Chaos Theory

LINKS AND FURTHER EDITING FORTHCOMING. This is a first cut on this one.

Mar 19, 2019

Mar 19, 2019

Stephen Leonard UNC

Who’s Who with Silent Sam Now

This is a terrific introduction to the players in the Silent Sam snafu. Thanks to Dave Dewitt for his work.

Jan 23, 2019

Jan 23, 2019

Stephen Leonard UNC

Rebuilding UNC Governance: The Governor’s appointment powers for the campus Boards of Trustees

If I was asked to advise the Governor on the challenge of clawing back the office’s appointment authority for the 17 campus Boards of…

Jan 23, 2019

Jan 23, 2019

Stephen Leonard UNC

Silent Sam beats Carol Folt and her feel good gaffe

IHE says: Stunning Departure at Chapel Hill

Jan 15, 2019

Jan 15, 2019

Stephen Leonard UNC

Groveling before Social Justice Protests

Jay Schalin and Shannon Watkins once again prove that the Popery emanating from the Martin Center is intended to take its readers to brave…

Dec 2, 2017

Groveling before Social Justice Protests

Dec 2, 2017

Stephen Leonard UNC

Protecting autocratic snowflakes from freedom of speech

UPDATE, 2 November 17: There have been several changes to the Board of Governors (BoG) proposed policy (which has now been approved in…

Apr 13, 2017

Apr 13, 2017

Academic Governance Review

The function of higher education is to promote the public good. Effective institutional governance is fundamental to realizing that ideal. Academic Governance Review is a public forum for news, analysis, and — more recently — taunting derision dedicated to these principles.

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Stephen Leonard UNC

Academic governance geek, civic tradition nerd, erstwhile dabbler in the philosophy of social and political inquiry. Emeritus faculty, UNC-Chapel Hill.

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