New Chancellor at UNC -- Good Move or Blunder?

George Leef

Carol Folt of Dartmouth has been chosen to succeed Holden Thorp as chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill. In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jane Shaw ponders the choice and explains her reservations about it.

A number of people with Dartmouth connections have said that this is D-Day: Deliverance as far as Dartmouth is concerned, but Disaster for UNC.

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