Matt Hartman
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higher ed reporter for @TheAssemblyNC. other bylines, @newrepublic @ringer @jacobin. live crabs stay humble. [email protected]
Durham, NC
Joined February 2014
my mom just sent me a linkedin message to tell me she was proud of me
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callanan was an expert witness for the defense of gop leaders 3 times. the lawyer running the investigation into the school was part of the defense team in all 3 cases
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after this year's job search started falling apart, atkins refused to follow hr's suggestion for mitigating the issue the stalled state budget includes provisions that permanently remove the provost's authority over appointing the school's dean
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callanan has been talking to clemens, atkins, and others about the school since 2021. he believes in "affirmative action for conservatives," which caused a split with some unc faculty who backed the school
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former provost chris clemens ceded hiring authority to the dean, jed atkins, just before he resigned one of atkins' longtime friends, keegan callanan, works for billionaire conservative donor paul singer
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fighting within the school of civic life and leadership began before the school existed, and i've got a new story that explains what it's all about there's a ton of new info, so here are a few highlights: https://t.co/MQI6E9Z4Z5
theassemblync.com
The School of Civic Life and Leadership’s public fighting is part of a long-running rupture about the mission of civics schools around the country.
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under this Board’s leadership. His allegations are disappointing and inaccurate, not to mention a waste of taxpayer dollars, for which this former officer of the University shows no regard. His claims will not withstand scrutiny."
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unc just sent out a response from board of trustees chair malcolm turner: "The former Provost’s baseless assault on this volunteer Board and how it conducts its business stands in stark contrast to the widely recognized excellence the University has achieved...
breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes https://t.co/X2tU8JzFVq
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clemens also alleges that jed atkins, dean of school of civic life, informed john preyer, then board chair, that clemens had updated faculty leaders about the closed session discussions, leading to his forced resignation
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breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes https://t.co/X2tU8JzFVq
theassemblync.com
Chris Clemens accused the trustees of "hiding matters of grave public concern,” including tenure debates, using a Signal group and closed session.
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i teamed up with @CltLedger to explain the logic behind the queens/elon merger https://t.co/Rw7H3wwnz6
theassemblync.com
The deal will provide Queens with stable financial backing and Elon with improved access to Charlotte’s growing business opportunities.
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the turmoil at the school of civic life and leadership has gotten bad enough that the university hired a law firm to investigate https://t.co/uplwtG2Oew
theassemblync.com
Chancellor Lee Roberts said that the university is reviewing the school after faculty and administrative turnover in the past year.
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i never took the dead internet theory that seriously but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM-run twitter accounts now
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i joined my friends at @wunc's the broadside to talk about bill belichick and the impact college football finances have on the rest of the university https://t.co/fZAlMWsvaY
wunc.org
College football has become a money-sucking machine, with schools spending every dollar possible to keep up in an athletics arms race.
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ESPN should’ve done an alternate broadcast that’s just a live cam on the Board of Trustees
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duke libraries told their staff that the department of slavic and eurasian studies is being eliminated. that's not true. but all their staff were cut. join me on a journey through the misinformation of budget cuts at duke https://t.co/jO8X2Qc2ID
indyweek.com
Duke Libraries said the department would be eliminated. College leadership says that’s not true. While faculty remain in place, the department has no staff left and is being led by someone from...
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up until april of this year, unc-chapel hill was considering whether to buy a michigan university and run it as a satellite campus https://t.co/ksylAcv2vr
theassemblync.com
UNC-Chapel Hill’s “Prometheus” project explored purchasing Kettering University, an engineering school in Flint.
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this comes after unc asheville got permission to begin negotiations over its own mixed-use stadium at last week's board of governors' meeting:
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at its meeting this week, the unc board of trustees will discuss a vision for a new colosseum at carolina north big enough to host nfl games https://t.co/DYCEakrfwR
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i sorta accidentally got some unc athletics spreadsheets that show their brainstorming about how to pay for revenue sharing there are estimates for stadium naming rights, jersey ads, even reducing the number of comp tickets athletes get https://t.co/M6FBDEXwLi
theassemblync.com
Internal documents show the school is considering everything from reducing complimentary parking passes to putting ads on players’ jerseys.
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