The Assembly and five other media outlets filed suit over UNC-CH’s refusal to release a report on the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
Matt Hartman
Matt Hartman is a higher education reporter for The Assembly and co-anchor of our weekly higher education newsletter, The Quad. He was previously a longtime freelance journalist and spent nearly a decade working in higher ed communications before joining The Assembly in 2024.
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Former UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Settles Lawsuit With University
Chris Clemens alleged the board violated open meetings and public records laws, but both sides said they resolved the dispute with neither paying any penalty.
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In Search of Lost Education
A Syrian family’s commitment to education never wavered, even when civil war forced them to flee. They found what they were looking for in North Carolina.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Concludes Civics School Investigation, Won’t Release Findings
The university says it is confident in the school’s future under the leadership of Jed Atkins.
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How Phil Berger Shaped North Carolina’s Universities
With controversial funding decisions and emboldened governing boards, the powerful state senator has transformed North Carolina’s public colleges and universities.
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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says
The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.
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How Bennett College Is Navigating Financial Uncertainty
The school is heavily dependent on federal grants that the Trump administration has threatened.
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News Alert: Owner of St. Andrews University Campus Files for Bankruptcy
The nonprofit organization that owns most of the land once belonging to St. Andrews University, which closed last year, filed a notice for bankruptcy in federal court Tuesday.
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Owner of St. Andrews University Campus Files for Bankruptcy
The move stopped a pending foreclosure and land auction filed by one of the creditors of the now-shuttered school in Scotland County.
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Methodology for Trump Cuts Analysis
Here are all the details about data sources, definitions, and financial estimates we used to model the potential impact of Donald Trump’s higher education policies.