John Locke Update / Impact Newsletter

What and Where to Grow

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There is still debate as to whether the UNC system should expand to Rocky Mount. To think that N.C. Wesleyan College, the proposed site for the Rocky Mount expansion, is prepared for a UNC system designation seems quite the stretch. The Pope Center’s Shannon Blosser provides a succinct run down of some of the shortfalls in the Rocky Mount Telegram.  And where there is plenty of room to argue against a Wesleyan expansion, there’s no time to even stop the Pope Center’s own growth. The Center’s new director, Jane Shaw, recently spoke with EdNews about the Pope Center’s recent expansion and about current and future higher education concerns.
 

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