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Loss Of Top Talent Troubling To University Officials

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Leaders at North Carolina's flagship university, UNC Chapel Hill, say legislative funding cuts the last several years have led to the loss of some of the school's top teaching and research talent. In fact, during the last academic year, UNC Chapel Hill lost 53 professors who were offered jobs at other schools. That's about twice the number the university typically loses. And it's worrying school officials like Provost Bruce Carney, who joined WFAE's Scott Graf to talk about it. Scott began by asking the provost explain how professors are typically recruited