States are having trouble reforming their state universities, with turmoil in Texas and Virginia making news around the country. In North Carolina, we hope the reform process will be more peaceful and also more effective. We believe that the new University of North Carolina Board of Governors (which oversees 16 colleges) recognizes some of the problems and is willing to take action.

But what should it do? The Pope Center has developed a short list of specific steps. They start with hiring an executive director who would report to the board, so that board members can gather information independent of the administration. Our proposals are moderate and plausible (or at least I think so — we’ll see).