Adam Kissel, former deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, discusses the report “Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities.” He authored the report for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Kissel offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
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