CHAPEL HILL – As she prepares to depart as President of the University of North Carolina System, there are a few things Margaret Spellings wants North Carolinians to know. “While the people of North Carolina have a tremendous and righteous pride about their University System, there are some things they don’t know,” she says in… READ MORE
Margaret Spellings: Accomplishments and challenges
CHAPEL HILL – As she prepares to depart next month as President of the University of North Carolina System, Margaret Spellings can point to both accomplishments and challenges during her three years in the job. “I’m proudest of the strategic plan that we put in place,” Spellings says in the accompanying video. The plan –… READ MORE
A heartfelt thank-you for Margaret Spellings
CHAPEL HILL – A former president of the United States, two governors, a State House speaker and a former UNC president all took time Wednesday evening to thank President Margaret Spellings for leading the University of North Carolina System. As Spellings prepares to leave the University after three years as president, Higher Education Works sponsored… READ MORE
Spellings: NC public universities ‘the lifeblood of the state’
CHAPEL HILL – Margaret Spellings gets higher education – she champions the education of a broader cross-section of North Carolinians. Regrettably, though, Spellings announced last week that she will leave next year as President of the University of North Carolina System. “North Carolina’s public universities are the lifeblood of the state,” she said as she… READ MORE
Spellings: Technology can help us do the job
CHAPEL HILL – The President of the University of North Carolina System wants to see more students take advantage of online course offerings to complete their degrees and graduate on time – wherever they are. “One of the tools we’re going to have to use more vigorously and more powerfully is technology-based education,” UNC System… READ MORE
“The spoils will go to the better-educated”
NEW YORK (May 31, 2018) – Policymakers and college leaders from the across the country took the stage last week at The New York Times’ Higher Education Leaders Forum. UNC System President Margaret Spellings helped set the agenda during a morning panel about declining public trust in colleges and universities. She called for stronger accountability measures… READ MORE
Spellings: “Power up” on financial aid
CHAPEL HILL – The UNC System’s strategic plan aims to get more rural, low-income, minority and first-generation students to earn a college degree or credential. But one of the most powerful tools to drive student access and achieve those goals, need-based aid, has remained flat in the state budget since 2013-14, even as enrollment has… READ MORE
Innovations for both universities and K-12
CHAPEL HILL – There’s plenty of reform underway in public education in North Carolina, and UNC System President Margaret Spellings highlights several innovations at both universities and K-12 schools in the accompanying video. • NC Promise: The NC General Assembly has committed more than $50 million to provide in-state tuition of $500 a semester “to… READ MORE
SPELLINGS: Strengthening NC’s Education Continuum
University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings made the following remarks Thursday, Aug. 10 at the North Carolina Chamber’s 2017 Conference on Education. Thank you so much for welcoming me this morning, and thank you for focusing attention on a core issue for North Carolina’s competitiveness and quality of life. Over the past few weeks,… READ MORE
Spellings: ‘The commitment is absolutely palpable’
CHAPEL HILL – A year into her job as President of the University of North Carolina System, what strikes Margaret Spellings the most is the fundamental devotion of university faculty and staff to 225,000 students. “The reason I took the job … was it’s truly one of the finest university systems in the country,” Spellings… READ MORE