A national group has joined the chorus of voices opposed to the closing of a Poverty Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. The plan by the UNC Board of Governors to close the center has already drawn criticism from faculty within the law school.
The American Association of University Professors is calling on the UNC Board of Governors to reject closing the UNC Law School's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
The Raleigh News And Observer reports that the Association released a statement calling the plan "troubling" and a threat to the mission of public universities.
The association joined UNC law Dean Jack Boger, who last week issued a letter defending the center, and 64 professors at the law school who signed a statement in support of the poverty center. They also defended the school's Center for Civil Rights, which was recommended for further review.
The UNC system board could vote Friday on the proposed shutdown of the poverty center and two others in the state.
One law professor called the proposed closings “nothing short of a political power grab”.
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