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UNC SCiLL Investigation Closed, Enslaved Laborers Found

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UNCs SCiLL School Investigation Closed, Despite Concerns; UNC Students Discover Enslaved Laborers Prints; Project Kitty Hawk Thrives

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UNC SCiLL Investigation Closed, Enslaved Laborers Found

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Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!UNC SCiLL Investigation Closed, Enslaved Laborers Found. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00From Durham, this is your March 10th update. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has closed its $1.2 million investigation into the School of Civic Life, and Leadership, or CLL, without releasing the report. The seven-month probe looked into complaints at the two-year-old school, but university leaders are standing by Dean Jed Akkins and moving forward. CLL plans a busy summer, with research fellowships for juniors, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, including a seminar at Oxford University. They will also host civics institutes for high school students and teachers, plus new graduate programs in military leadership and civics education. A $10 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will fund endowed professorships. Faculty who raise concerns feel dismissed, pointing to high turnover, and claims of retaliation since none of the original instructors remain. Critics say the lack of transparency ignores serious issues in this conservative-leaning

1:01civics program amid national trends. Meanwhile, UNC students discovered dozens of finger and palm prints from enslaved laborers on the bricks of Odeast, the campus's oldest building. From 1793, the anthropology class marked over 100 indentations, calling the Find Humbling. Project Kitty Hawk, the UNC Systems Online Program for Adults, now has over 3,000 enrollments across 19 degrees, mostly from North Carolina. Is generating $10 million for partner schools and expects to break even by 2029, two years early? Quick thanks to today's sponsor. See the description for more. A pillow that sounds as good as it feels, built for listening and bed. S-O-L-I-SOLYPILLOW.COM

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