Special message on the structure, organization and governance of higher education in North Carolina : to the members of the 129th Session of the North Carolina General Assembly, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 26, 1971

For Release at Y/94 к ■ Uizfc 1:0 0 p. m. Tuesday, October 26, Nor*b Caroling 1971 Sleigh * N. C. Doc. SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNA ICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA BY GOVERNOR ROBERT W. SCOTT To the Members of the 12?th Session of the North Carolina General Assembly ^ Raleigh, North Carolina October 26, 1971 Mi. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the General Assembly, my fellow North Carolinians, In my special message on higher education addressed to you on May 25, I stated: 'For some time we have been traveling a dangerously erratic course in public higher education in North Carolina. We are proceeding with all sail and no rudder. Wasteful and damaging forces are chipping away at the structure of our system ..." I further staled: "So long as these basic defects remain, the citizens and taxpayers of the State will suffer, and the students will suffer also. "