The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project focuses on government accountability through FOIA requests and lawsuits, particularly against the Biden administration. It has filed over 100,000 FOIA requests and 100 lawsuits since its inception in 2000. Recently, the project has shifted its attention to the University of North Carolina system, specifically targeting the disparity between actual practices and declared compliance with anti-DEI executive orders from the Trump administration. The project's president has requested syllabi from approximately 70 courses, aiming to increase transparency regarding university student programming and operations.
Since its creation in 2000, the Oversight Project has launched more than 100,000 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from federal offices and agencies and more than 100 lawsuits against the Joe Biden administration.
The request for syllabi appears to be an example of conservative groups targeting UNC system schools for continuing its DEI practices despite attempts by the UNC system Board of Governors to quell them.
According to Chapel Hill's open records request database, Mike Howell, the Oversight Project's president, submitted a sweeping request to the university on July 2, asking for syllabi and class materials presented to students in roughly 70 courses.
Disclosure of these records will contribute significantly to the public's understanding of university operations and student-facing programing, particularly considering ongoing public concern regarding institutional compliance with current Executive Orders issued by the President of the United States.
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