UNC Board of Governors wants UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor gone by January 31 [View all]
The UNC Board of Governors accepted UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt’s resignation Tuesday – but said they want her out of the position by the end of this month.
Folt announced her resignation abruptly Monday after tensions with the board of governors over the future of the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Folt said she hoped to stay until graduation in May.
The Board of Governors has authorized interim UNC President William Roper to to appoint an interim chancellor “at such time as he deems appropriate” until a new full-time chancellor can be chosen.
UNC Board of Governors Chair Harry Smith said in a statement Monday that the board was blindsided by Folt’s resignation and upset by her order to remove the base of the Confederate statue, which was taken to an unnamed secure location Monday night.
Read more: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2019/01/15/update-unc-board-of-governors-wants-unc-chapel-hill-chancellor-gone-by-january-31/
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