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Trustees at North Carolina’s Flagship University Want School Based on Intellectual Freedom

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Trustees at North Carolina’s Flagship University Want School Based on Intellectual Freedom
Students sit on the steps of Wilson Library on the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2018. Jonathan Drake/Reuters
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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When North Carolina’s flagship university’s board of trustees voted to start a new school based on intellectual freedom to counter “woke” ideology, the backlash was swift.

On Jan. 26, it was widely reported that the board of trustees for the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill voted unanimously for the administration to accelerate its development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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