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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Free Speech Resolution

August 2022
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Public college or university)
Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Additional Information

  • Incident Nature:
    Other
  • Incident Political Orientation:
    Not Clear
  • Incident Responses:
    Other
  • Incident Status:
    No litigation
  • Did not involve Speech Codes

Summary

The Board of Trustees for the  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the school’s commitment to academic freedom and free speech.

The resolution followed a campus-wide survey in which many students expressed feeling uncomfortable giving their honest opinion in class.