The Chair of the Faculty Athletics Committee (FAC) has requested to meet with Ken Wainstein to share questions and concerns raised by the faculty related to recent claims in the media.  We believe it is important for Mr. Wainstein to … Read more

The Faculty Athletics Committee presented the statement below at the April 25, 2014 Faculty Council / General Faculty meeting. The Faculty Athletics Committee along with others listed below reaffirms the principle that academic integrity  is inviolable. It is never acceptable … Read more

The Faculty Athletics Committee invites our faculty colleagues to join us in an open forum regarding athletics at UNC. We encourage your participation and input as we begin formulating our work plan for 2014 – 2015. There will be two … Read more

The Faculty Athletics Committee (FAC ) has been monitoring the release of student record information and has expressed previous concerns regarding the potential for protected information being utilized and reported inappropriately.   It is the University’s responsibility to uphold legal and … Read more

As faculty who have consistently insisted upon integrity and reform, we would like to reassure our current and past colleagues that faculty governance is alive and well.  Faculty have provided input, leadership, and critical guidance at every step of the … Read more

Below are Chair of the Faculty Jan Boxill’s comments to the Board of Trustees on January 22, 2014. Good Afternoon. We were all hoping that 2014 would bring a resolution to move forward in our continuing effort to correct the … Read more

We’ve created a “Storify” pulling together much of the live-tweeting from Friday’s Faculty Council meeting.  Read along for an overview of the content and feel of this important conversation about athletics and academics at UNC. [View the story “UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more

  The Faculty Council and General Faculty will meet on Friday, September 13, 2013 from 3-5 pm in the Pleasants Room at the Wilson Library. Please note the new location.  All faculty are welcome to come early at 2:30pm for … Read more

The release last week of the Rawlings Panel report making recommendations for reform in UNC and college athletics called to mind for many a very similar report issued in 1989 by a Faculty Council-commissioned “Ad Hoc Committee on Athletics and … Read more

The Faculty Executive Committee approved the following statement at its regular meeting on Monday, July 29, 2013: Steven Bachenheimer, Michael Gerhardt, and Laurie Maffly-Kipp (in absentia), join with the following current and former members of the UNC Faculty Executive Committee … Read more