Gov. Beverly Perdue praised UNC-Chapel Hill for taking steps to reduce its bureacracy and administrative spending.

The governor was the featured speaker today at UNC-CH's annual University Day ceremony, reports Eric Ferreri.

During her speech, she made reference to the Bain Report, which the university commissioned in hopes of finding efficiencies. The report this year found that the university had bloated administrative costs and too many layers of supervisors.

The report apparently struck a chord with Perdue. She said government should take note.

"Leaders here have focused on how to make the university run more efficiently and effectively — performing a broad study and putting it into action," she said. "And that’s exactly what we must do across state government."