The Chronicle of Higher Education

Office for Civil Rights to Investigate UNC Instructor's Conduct

By SCOTT CARLSON

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate an incident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in which an instructor sent an e-mail message to her class accusing a student of "hate speech." During a class discussion, the student had expressed objections to homosexuality.

The department's Office...

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