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"Each of us is aware of the traditional role of the University in North Carolina in the last 30 years of its history, a threefold University combining the strengths and resources of three institutions into one great institution. This has been the way North Carolina accepted the fact that our state can have but one state university in the true sense of that concept. We know too that the University cannot and should not attempt to be all things in all areas of higher education in North Carolina. It is clear that the future will require a realignment of assets and resources in higher education, and this is why we vigorously support the development of the community college system and the establishment of new four-year compuses.

"If the first major recommendation of the Carlyle Commission is accepted and implemented, North Carolina will have a system of community colleges operating on a co-educational, commuting, locally administered basis. The objective is to encourage as many high school graduates as possible to go beyond the high school in their training and to provide educational opportunities to meet their needs at a moderate cost. If the second major recommendation is accepted, these same conditions expanded to degree-granting authority by 1965 will apply to Charlotte and Wilmington and ultimately Asheville.

"If the third recommendation is accepted, the University will have a statutorily defined mission that assigns to it specific functions which it must perform whenever the need is clearly demonstrated. It would also establish the concept of a single state university performing university type activities in several geographical areas. We must see that the programs of our institutions are directed toward this objective.

"Taken together, these three recommendations will bring about a well structured system of higher education for the state.

"The question is whether we shall move forward now by putting into effect the recommended definition of mission for the University. This is the basic question before us. We should fully understand the consequences of an affirmative answer to this question.

"The proposed statutory definition would have our campuses function, in fact, as one University carrying out university-type activities on a cooperative basis. If the University is to be the only institution awarding the doctor's degree in state-supported higher education, we shall have the duty of meeting this great responsibility for North Carolina. This

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