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WE HAVE MOVED TO MEDIUM, AND CATO'S GHOST IS RETIRING (but not like his namesake!).

A few of the posts here won't be making the move, but the rest are being combined with a number of opeds and analytical essays that together provide an overview of developments in North Carolina public higher education governance since 2013. Here's the Medium link:

https://medium.com/@steve.leonard.unc


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