Incidents in the 1986 election year have called into question the appropriate role of senior administrators and trustees of public universities who want to participate in state political campaigns and the balance of personal rights to involvement with the need to preserve their institutions' independence. (MSE)

The departure of the University of North Carolina's able and powerful president, William P. Friday, has prompted much debate about the structure and governance of the university system and its relationship to the state legislature. (MSE)