a branch of the railroad finally came to town just west of chapel hill in what we now know as carrboro. textile mills developed there and industry for the town and nearby communities began to develop outside the university. in the 90's university really began the drive towards becoming modern, a modern research university, meeting expanding enrollment, open to graduate school, making a more concerted effort to be involved in a positive way. the university really began to grow in prestige and national reputation, i would say, in the 20's and 30's. when there was a lot of ambitious building and growth. to some extent inspired by state universities in the midwest and other parts of the country, but the university began to really engage not just with the state hadorth carolina, but academic programs that attracted students from all over the country and they got a lot of attention from university and faculty and began to develop this reputation as a regional leader, certainly, but also a national leader in higher education. the university today is dramatically different from how it was when