That’s UNCC’s official explanation of how the pro-CATS study from the Center for Transportation Studies came to be. Tuck that one away. It will come in handy when the time comes to square all the promises made with regard to, say, the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Other than that, what a totally self-serving statement to make. The relevant question to Chancellor Dubois and the leadership of UNCC was, Name one other study undertaken by staff that the chancellor personally had a hand in creating and then was kept apprised of its progress and findings?

If you can find one — or many — then there was nothing remarkable about the chancellor’s involvement. Absent that questions remain.