In July 2008, Holden Thorp became the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's tenth chancellor. A Carolina alumnus and a former dean of UNC's college of arts and sciences, Chancellor Thorpe has been described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a chemist by profession who holds the prestigious Kenan professorship at Chapel Hill and a musician who loves jazz and rock and roll. We'll talk about higher education in North Carolina, its challenges, and its opportunities from chancellor Thorp's unique perspective.