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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A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court granted an extended 30 day stay requested by the State Board of Education in the lawsuit between the board and State Superintendent Mark Johnson while appeals are pending
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 2:52 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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UNC President Margaret Spellings has garnered $90,000 in bonus pay after just one year on the job.
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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University of North Carolina system campus leaders are entangled in regulations that waste time and money, and they should be free from such worries, system President Margaret Spellings said Friday
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pay increases that were awarded last week to seven UNC system chancellors reflect a national trend that tends to inflate salaries for public higher-education administrators, an expert on college affordability said
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, UNC system President Margaret Spellings discussed her leadership priorities, the future of UNC's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the impacts of technology on the future of higher education
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As student protesters continue to wreak havoc at public meetings and expand their list of complaints against the University of North Carolina system's leadership, they will do nothing but hurt their chances of being taken seriously, said student Zack King.
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2016 @ 2:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the federal government feeds students in K-12 schools via the National School Lunch Program, it should similarly feed college students who are "food insecure,"
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Following a three-hour special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Tuesday, university leaders agreed to seek legal representation in a federal lawsuit over House Bill 2
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has filed a declaratory judgment action asking the federal courts to clarify federal law.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 10:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Making higher education more affordable while enhancing accountability to North Carolina taxpayers highlighted remarks UNC President-Elect Margaret Spellings gave to the university’s Board of Governors at a Feb. 12 retreat
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's newly elected chancellor has unprecedented political experience and a diverse resume that will serve the university well, says UNC Board of Governors member David Powers
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 @ 5:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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In the world of Modern Education things are a changing.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 5:10 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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UNC President Margaret Spellings has said that the North Carolina legislature's proposed Guaranteed Admissions Program (NC GAP) has identified the right problem, but has come up with the wrong solution. Her vision is of a UNC system accessible to everyone and educating everyone—not just elites
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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