Program on Public Life

Ferris addresses role of higher education in effecting social change on WUNC Public Radio's "The State of Things"

"The State of Things" host Frank Stasio spoke to participants in the "Navigating the Global South" conference about the role the state’s institutions of higher learning can play in effecting social change. Guests included William Ferris, professor of history and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South; John Burness, senior vice president for Public Affairs and Government Relations at Duke University; Jesse White, director of the Office of Economic and Business Development at UNC-Chapel Hill and former co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission; and Dr. Kathy Drumm, executive vice president Central Piedmont Community College. Click here to listen.