UNC Hides Civic School Probe Report

0:00It's March 24, you're listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spent $1.2 million from its endowment to hire a law firm for a seven-month probe into its School of Civic Life and Leadership. That investigation wrapped up with a report over 400 pages long, but now the school says it will not release the findings to the public. The review by K&L Gates was huge in scale. Others sifted through more than 200,000 documents and talked to over 50 current and former faculty and leaders, though they, skip interviews with students. Turnover at the school has been intense since it launched two years ago. None of the original faculty from 2024 remain, and both associate deans have left. One resigned and the other was let go amid growing. Complaints about management. University officials gave three main reasons for keeping the report private, to avoid harm or embarrassment to those involved, protect attorney client, privilege, and safeguard the

1:02school's internal culture. The probe came at the request of the dean himself following public disputes. UNC leaders say they stand by the current team and plan some fixes based on the review, though details on those steps or any public updates remain up. Find the air as the school pushes forward.