A panel at the University of North Carolina is recommending the elimination of three university centers, including one whose director has been an outspoken critic of Gov. Pat McCrory and GOP lawmakers.
Multiple media outlets report the UNC Board of Governors panel discussed its recommendations Wednesday. For months, it has been reviewing all 240 centers and institutes that conduct research and policy analysis in the UNC system.
UNC-Chapel Hill's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity is one of the three centers recommended for closure.
Center director Gene Nichol, has written opinion pieces critical of the governor. Chapel Hill campus leaders required Nichol to include a disclaimer in his writings, indicating he doesn't speak for the university
Nichol is calling the recommendation dishonest, especially when poverty is a pressing state issue.
