I call upon the Board of Governors and UNC System President Molly Broad to spare our state of unnecessary and costly litigation by taking a simple but proactive, tactical step forward. Make it the operational policy of the university system to refrain from the practice of recruiting and placing black chancellors at the helms of our historically black universities and appointing whites at the helms of traditionally white universities. The adoption and implementation of such an operational policy would gain taxpayers numerous benefits. Most important, our public higher education officials can spend their time more effectively by efficiently managing and allocating taxpayer resources to build a strong public higher education, based without apology on merit. I hope that the UNC System will not wait for a costly lawsuit just to prove its constitutional prowess, its academic freedom and its traditions of independence.
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