Chapel Hill Refuses to Release $1.2M Report on Controversial Civics School

Ryan Quinn April 23, 2026 1 min read

Chapel Hill Refuses to Release $1.2M Report on Controversial Civics School

Ryan Quinn
Inside Higher Ed

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s civics school has been controversial since early 2023, when the campus Board of Trustees called to “accelerate” its development before faculty even knew it was underway. The board’s then-chairman said on Fox News he was trying to “remedy” a lack of “right-of-center views” on campus.

The university said it selected the international law firm K&L Gates last summer to review “allegations and concerns” regarding the school. Over more than seven months, the review team analyzed hundreds of thousands of documents and interviewed dozens of people. The report is complete, reportedly at a cost of $1.2 million and running more than 400 pages. But the university is refusing to release any of it—despite calls from students, faculty and media to at least reveal some contents.

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