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The John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy has released its biennial report on the University of North Carolina system, “The State of the State University 2015: Critical Facts about the University of North Carolina System.”
The UNC system’s newly-formed General Education Council hopes its initiative will improve core curricula.