UNC-Chapel Hill responds after professors threaten to withhold students' grades to support anti-Israel rioters

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is cautioning professors and faculty members against withholding students’ final grades after students expressed concerns some professors were going to do so in an apparent protest against the university. After anti-Israel demonstrations sprang up on the campus, university administrators took action to restore order on the campus. Students who participated in the unrest faced disciplinary action.

The university’s statement comes after UNC students were notified that some professors 'along with many other faculty, teaching assistants, fellows, and graders' would be protesting the university’s disciplinary action against the 15 suspended students by withholding grades. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC, said professors who withhold students' grades should be 'immediately' terminated from the university.

On May 13, if the administration has not reinstated the suspended students, you will see a NR on your transcript,' the message board read. 'An NR does not change your GPA positively or negatively, and can remain on your transcript until the end of the following semester. I will keep a personal record of your grades so that, once the administration meets our demands, the grades you earned will be recorded.

As WRAL reported, the apparent protest and university response comes after more than 700 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff signed a petition to grant amnesty to the students facing disciplinary action after last week's protests. The university employees argued the protest was peaceful but administrators said the four-day encampment resulted in damages to the school and presented a safety hazard to those traveling and staying on campus.

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