In spite of a few highly publicized conflicts — a stand-off in Texas and a short-lived cataclysm in Virginia – most university governing boards are all too docile. They are often buried with information supplied by the administration. Jay Schalin suggests one way to correct the “asymmetry of information” balance in North Carolina — let the UNC Board of Governors have its own executive director. The board is a creature of the legislature, but all too often it has allowed the administration it supposedly governs to set the agenda and call the shots. This would be a solid change. And given the political changes in North Carolina (both houses of the legislature and the governor’s mansion are Republican) it’s not an impossible one.