University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings is about to leave her job in Chapel Hill, saddling her successor with a daunting task: wrangling a perfect storm of campus and state politics
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors says he's cutting ties with East Carolina University
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bill Friday was right. Friday, the founding president of the 16 campus University of North Carolina System, fought with then-Governor Bob Scott in 1971 over the creation of the new system
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton has flatly denied any intent to resign early next year, contradicting sources Carolina Journal has cited
Published: Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leader of the University of North Carolina System announced she is leaving her post after just 2 1/2 years on the job
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC System President Margaret Spellings is expected to resign from her position, Carolina Journal has confirmed through an independent source
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2018 @ 1:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Silent Sam - the controversial Confederate statue that formerly stood on UNC Chapel Hill's campus - may turn into a rallying election issue for liberal activists, a member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors told Carolina Journal.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rumors that East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton could lose his job are false, despite documents showing tension between Staton and the UNC system's Board of Governors, board leader Harry Smith told Carolina Journal
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 2:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The search for a new chancellor at Western Carolina University is exposing a growing and contentious divide between the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors and UNC President Margaret Spellings
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 11:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina system is welcoming new ideas on ways to keep students in school
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2018 @ 7:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has its work cut out in bolstering advanced education options for all state residents, says University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors should take a serious look at how it awards bonuses and pay raises for university administrators, Bob Rucho, a former state senator and current board member, told Carolina Journal
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 6:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina is in good shape, but the 17-school system is ever in need of improvement
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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University of North Carolina leaders aren't sure whether a partnership between UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System would help - or hurt - North Carolinians, UNC President Margaret Spellings said Friday
Published: Monday, January 29th, 2018 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the New Year unfolds there are at least a dozen leaders likely to play a big role in public policy issues in 2018
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings announced today that Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar has been named acting Chancellor of Western Carolina University
Published: Thursday, November 30th, 2017 @ 4:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The leaders of the North Carolina public education systems, including the President of the University of North Carolina, the Acting President of the North Carolina Community College System, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, have partnered to create My Future NC
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The political interests of colleges and universities are adding to a growing list of problems for the schools over the past decade, and the free market will punish them accordingly, experts say
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is rethinking how it does business
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2017 @ 2:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than 10 years after the Commission on the Future of Higher Education assessed the plight of American universities, experts say the problems they identified remain entrenched, and new challenges strains educators even further
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The administrators who oversee public university campuses across North Carolina could see a tighter budget in the years ahead
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2017 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC system president Margaret Spellings released a statement following today's meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students thinking about alternatives to a four-year degree should keep those college applications, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings says
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC President Margaret Spellings issued the following statement in response to the General Assembly's 2017-19 Biennial Budget
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 @ 11:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Fifty-two students from 10 of North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been selected to participate in the North Carolina Governor's HBCU Internship Program this summer
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 2:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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University of North Carolina system president Margaret Spellings will deliver the commencement address at East Carolina University's Spring Commencement ceremony
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 3:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A host of luminaries led by UNC system President Margaret Spellings used a Thursday press conference to announce a newly branded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 9:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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