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UNC System Adopts New Strategic Plan

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 17, 2017 | Higher Education

Nearly a full year into Margaret Spellings’ tenure as President of the UNC System, the Board of Governors unanimously approved a new strategic plan at its meeting last Friday Spellings said after the meeting that there was a lot...

UNC System President Margaret Spellings Talks Education on CBS This Morning

Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured, National

UNC System President Margaret Spellings made an appearance on CBS This Morning Thursday to talk about education across the country. The conversation was part of CBS This Morning’s Issues That Matter series examining different...

Spellings: Higher Education Is “A New Civil Right”

Posted by Aaron Keck | Oct 13, 2016 | UNC

Margaret Spellings called on UNC to eliminate “pernicious gaps” in accessibility for higher education.

UNC Board of Governors Approves Pay Raises for Chancellors

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jul 29, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Several chancellors in the UNC System are getting pay bumps from the UNC Board of Governors. The increases go beyond the 1.5 percent raise given to all state employees as part of the North Carolina budget passed by the General...

Spellings Discusses Plans for New Education Policy

Posted by Staff | Jun 22, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education, News

UNC System President Margaret Spellings completed her 100-day tour around the state, visiting all 17 UNC campuses. Upon her return, she discussed the efforts between the UNC system and the legislature regarding higher education...

Spellings Completes ‘Inspiring’ 100 Day Tour of UNC System

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 21, 2016 | Featured, UNC

A lot has happened around North Carolina since Margaret Spellings was installed as UNC System President on March 1. Protests were held across the state to mark her first day on the job and those have continued at UNC Board of...

A jackass or a carpenter?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 1, 2016 | D.G. Martin

“Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.” Using a saying from UNC President Margaret Spellings’s native Texas, one attributed to Sam Rayburn, the long-time speaker of the U.S. House of...

UNC Board of Governors Hires Legal Counsel, Asks Attorney General to Pay For It

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 31, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

With the ongoing legal battles over North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2, the UNC System has hired outside legal counsel. UNC leadership announced on Friday that the system had hired two Washington D.C.-based law firms to...

UNC Board of Governors Awards UNC-Chapel Hill and Western Carolina University Professors

Posted by Staff | May 27, 2016 | Higher Education

The UNC Board of Governors awarded UNC Chapel Hill’s Dr. Aziz Sancar and Western Carolina University’s Professor David A. Shapiro with the highest faculty honor. The O. Max Gardner Award, named after a North Carolina governor,...

A Tale Of Two Moderates: McCrory, Spellings, And HB2

Posted by Aaron Keck | May 18, 2016 | Aaron Keck, Featured

When it comes to HB2 – or any issue – how you act can be more important than what you think.

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