GREENSBORO â Oddly, Frank Gilliam Jr.âs path into academia started on a football field. As a senior running back for the Drake University Bulldogs, Gilliam was having the game of his life against Colorado until a fateful hit sent him over the bench with a set of broken ribs. âI sat up and said, âI canât… READ MORE
Spellings: Expect the extraordinary
North Carolina State University Commencement | December 16, 2016 Margaret Spellings People are capable of extraordinary things when we expect it of them. That has been a guiding belief of my life and my career, and it remains my strong conviction today. When we ask for the best in others, and offer our best in… READ MORE
Spellings: Higher education âa new civil rightâ
CHAPEL HILL (October 13, 2016) â At her inauguration today, the 18th president of the University of North Carolina system left no doubt about her view on access to a college education. âTogether, we can make some form of higher education our higher expectation for every person in North Carolina,â President Margaret Spellings told the… READ MORE
Ross, Spellings: Very little disagreement at forum
GREENSBORO (May 16, 2016) â When it comes to core priorities for public higher education, thereâs not much daylight between UNC System President Margaret Spellings and her predecessor, Tom Ross. Spellings and Ross sang one anotherâs praises during an hour-long appearance at the Governor Morehead Forum in Greensboro this week, highlighting shared concerns for higher… READ MORE
Spellings on K-12 teacher prep: Weâre in this together
By Margaret Spellings President, University of North Carolina System Iâm nearing the end of my first tour of our stateâs public universities, and it has been a thoroughly heartening experience.  On every visit, Iâve heard about the remarkable work taking place across North Carolina and seen the pride people take in our campuses. Iâve also heard… READ MORE
Spellings walks toward the protesters
Since taking office in March, University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings has faced small but insistent protests about her perceived agenda for public higher education. And at every opportunity, she has gone out of her way to meet those protesters and talk through their concerns. Â Itâs not easy to walk toward people who are… READ MORE
NCGAP: Right problem, wrong solution
âRight problem, wrong solution.â Thatâs how University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings sums up NCGAP, the legislatureâs program to force a percentage of public university applicants to enroll in community college instead.1 She reiterated that point last week, calling on lawmakers to defer or amend the program when they return to Raleigh next… READ MORE
New Community College President a man of many hats
RALEIGH â Dr. James âJimmieâ Williamson has worn quite an assortment of hats â and he might need them all when he becomes President of the NC Community College System on July 1. Williamson, currently President and CEO of the South Carolina Technical College System, will succeed Scott Ralls, who left last year to become… READ MORE
ROSS: Ensure Spellingsâ success
By Thomas W. Ross President Emeritus University of North Carolina System Almost every day, someone asks me how I feel about Margaret Spellings as my successor. Â After acknowledging that I would have preferred to continue in the role myself, I say to those who ask that we must all do everything in our power to… READ MORE
Welcome, President Spellings
By Paul Fulton and Brad Wilson Co-Chairs Higher Education Works The Higher Education Works family of organizations extends a warm North Carolina welcome to Margaret Spellings, who assumes office today as President of the University of North Carolina System. We hope President Spellings will nourish and protect what former President Erskine Bowles refers to as… READ MORE
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