The first problem came when they named the association the University of North Carolina System. It should have been named the System of North Carolina Universities. The present name infers that all decisions come from atop Chapel Hill.

The second problem is the system's board itself. One size does not fit all. This system should only be for curriculum standards and course acceptence, nothing more. A system of public universities should be able to set it's own cost standards. The trouble from the beginning was that government became involved, and we have all seen what happens when government becomes involved in any project.

Each university should received exactly the same percapita taxes as voted by the state legislature every two years. Each university should be free to pursue schools and departments without regard to another school. For instance, if ECU sees the need for a college of law, that should be ECU's decision and not any government owned system. This system should be regulated from within rather than without. All we have done is give high paying positions to political appointees to a government organization. If public universities band together for curriculum and academic standards, then any regulating board should be made up of representatives from the various public universities only.

Do that, and the admission price will go down because a student will not have to pay for a government membered organization.