UNC-Rocky Mount?
The News & Observer (registration required) reports that the UNC System may add a 17th campus.
The system is studying the feasibility of creating UNC-Rocky Mount by converting private N.C. Wesleyan College into a state university.
Civic leaders in Rocky Mount are strongly pushing the idea.
Among the questions: The demand for a new campus and the financial implications of supporting it on an ongoing basis. Already existing campuses such as N.C. A&T and UNCG have aggressive enrollment goals.
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