@themhartman

higher ed reporter for @TheAssemblyNC. other bylines, @newrepublic @ringer @jacobin. live crabs stay humble. [email protected]

 Durham, NC
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my mom just sent me a linkedin message to tell me she was proud of me
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Exhausted workers falling asleep while driving. Working in dangerous conditions on the sounds. Falsified and incorrect data. 7 of 13 fisheries managed by the state have collapsed. Whistleblowers spoke up insideclimatenews.org/news/1…

Floundering North Carolina Fisheries Agency Endangers Workers and Wildlife - Inside Climate News

Mismanagement at the division has jeopardized worker safety and the long-term health of aquatic wildlife, former employees say.

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BREAKING: NC House candidate Charles Taylor owns property being used for video gambling. The sign in front of a nondescript gray building doesn’t name the establishment. Instead, it says, “WARNING: THERE IS NOTHING HERE WORTH DYING FOR.” I went in. #ncpol theassemblync.com/news/polit…

State House Candidate Owns Undisclosed Property Being Used for Video Gambling

Lee County Republican Charles Taylor is listed as the owner of a property that hosts video gambling and was not disclosed on ethics forms.

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the wsj wrote off unc's investigation into its civics school as a smear campaign, so one of its professors pushed back. but the wsj declined to publish his response. he thinks that's due to the same political pressure creating problems in the first place theassemblync.com/news/educa…

Fired UNC Civics Associate Dean Breaks His Silence on Investigation

David Decosimo objected to a Wall Street Journal editorial. The paper didn’t publish his response—which he says is part of the problem.

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John Drescher@john_drescherSep 18
UNC concluded an investigation into its football program. But as with an inquiry into the School of Civic Life and Leadership earlier this year, it isn’t saying much about what it found. By @themhartman for @TheAssemblyNC. theassemblync.com/news/educa…

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Football Investigation is Over. Will We Ever Know What It Found?

UNC-Chapel Hill officials are providing few details. They say the secrecy is necessary to build trust with future whistleblowers.

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UNC finished its football investigation and once again released few details about the findings. I asked the investigators why theassemblync.com/news/educa…

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Football Investigation is Over. Will We Ever Know What It Found?

UNC-Chapel Hill officials are providing few details. They say the secrecy is necessary to build trust with future whistleblowers.

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on wednesday, nc state told 16 salvadorans they were "separated from employment." on thursday, ncsu reversed course. this is the outcome of the white house saying it would remove immigration protections for salvadorans, but not actually doing it. theassemblync.com/news/educa…

NC State Told Salvadoran Staff Not to Work, Then Reversed Course Amid Immigration Confusion

People from El Salvador were set to lose work authorization, but the Trump administration didn't act, impacting NC State employees.

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a lawyer told me immigrants can't lost those protections unless the administration provides 60 days official notice, so ncsu acted before it had to, making a stressful situation worse for its workers
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Korie Dean@koriedeanSep 11
The Charlotte Observer won first place in the General Excellence category tonight at the NC Press Association awards. McClatchy laid off 8 of its staff today,
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Why did Lombardi resign so suddenly today? Came just minutes before @WRAL investigation with @patwelter was set to drop. Here it is: UNC investigators now looking at allegations of drug use, sexual relationships between staff, players, sources wral.com/sports/north-caroli…

Lombardi resigns as UNC investigators probe allegations of drug use, sex within football program

Lawyers investigating UNC football questioned people about allegations involving assistant Steve Belichick and, separately, about a possible sexual relationship between at least one employee and at...

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i tried to figure out whether unc's bet on belichick and athletics is paying off official answer is: lol idk man theassemblync.com/news/educa…

Is UNC-Chapel Hill’s Bet on Athletics Paying Off?

After hiring Bill Belichick and Michael Malone, the price of Tar Heel sports is going up. But it’s not clear if revenues are following suit.

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After paying big money for coaches Bill Belichick and Michael Malone, the price of Tar Heel sports is going up. ift.tt/SnVl56K

Is UNC-Chapel Hill’s Bet on Athletics Paying Off?

After hiring Bill Belichick and Michael Malone, the price of Tar Heel sports is going up. But it’s not clear if revenues are following suit.

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Kate Denning@katemdenningAug 20
UNC-Chapel Hill does not have to release its $1.2 million, 400-plus page investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership, judge rules. carolinapublicpress.org/8040…

UNC gets to keep report on controversial program secret, judge says

Lawyer shocked that judge found every page in long UNC document covered by attorney-client privilege. News media coalition may appeal.

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i wrote off grade inflation as old men yelling at clouds until i learned that, for most duke students, a 3.95 gpa only gets you to the top 25% of your class. so i tried to figure out what's actually going on theassemblync.com/news/educa…

A Is for Average

The median GPA has risen at many colleges across N.C. While the Trump administration has criticized grade inflation, the cause isn't clear.

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here's the story in which i learned nc businesses can more or less ignore all of their own hr policies as they see fit theassemblync.com/news/educa…

A Greensboro Professor Sued His College for Ignoring Its Handbook

A professor says Bennett College didn’t follow its own human resource policies during a misconduct investigation. The college argued it doesn’t have to.

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unc has hired the same external lawyers to investigate lombardi and its football program as they did to investigate its civics school. we're still suing to get the report from that civics investigation theassemblync.com/news/educa…

UNC-Chapel Hill Retains Law Firm to Investigate Football Program

The university has hired the same team that produced a confidential report into its civics school earlier this year.

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The Assembly@TheAssemblyNCJul 30
Peter Rodriguez recently took over as Wake Forest University’s 15th president as the school seeks to expand enrollment and maintain its place in college athletics. ift.tt/TyrHjYD

The Stakes for Wake

Peter Rodriguez took over as the school’s 15th president as it seeks to expand enrollment and navigates the NIL era.

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Kelly Lowder defended a Minnesota woman who was charged with disorderly conduct for yelling racial slurs at a Black child. ift.tt/EJqYbBx

Stanly Community College Responds After Trustee's Online Rant About the 'N-word' 

The trustee defended a Minnesota woman who was charged with disorderly conduct for yelling racial slurs at a Black child. The college said trustees’ posts don’t represent the school.

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in one decade, duke enrolled stephen miller, richard spencer, the doj lawyer trying to end birthright citizenship, the lawyer in charge of trump's immigration cases, a trump speechwriter fired for going to a white supremacist event, and more theassemblync.com/news/educa…

Dukes in Trump’s Court

Duke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.

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i set out to find out why. i found no shared mentor, group, secret society, or department they have in common. other schools appear to have substantially more alumni in trumpworld, but fewer notable ones. instead, i found a strange cultural mix around the early 2000s
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The Assembly@TheAssemblyNCJul 9
We learned a lot about the UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor by reading what his journalist parents wrote about him. Some of it may even be helpful. ift.tt/rDt2Uj7

The Life of Young Lee Roberts

We learned a lot about the UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor by reading what his journalist parents wrote about him. Some of it may even be helpful.

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