UNC officials, students push back on Tim Moore rumors

State lawmakers, UNC students and LGBTQ advocates are pushing back on talk that state House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) might be the next president of the UNC System.

Last week, state officials and members of the UNC Board of Governors, which governs the UNC system, began speaking openly about persistent rumors Moore will seek the position.

Moore denied he will apply for the position and characterized the speculation as “wild rumors” last week. But he also declined to directly answer a question from Policy Watch on his interest in the position.

And, late last week a scathing editorial in UNC-Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, expressed strong concern over the idea of one of the most powerful and divisive political figures in the state taking over a university system. The 17-campus system has for years been battered by partisan conflicts at its highest levels, the editorial noted, and members of the UNC Board of Governors have said they would like the next system president to serve for 8 to 10 years.

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