UNC System President Margaret Spellings Outlines Agenda On Day One

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio

Published March 1, 2016 at 12:38 PM EST

Margaret Spellings on The State of Things

Four months after her controversial selection, Margaret Spellings takes the helm of the UNC system today. The former U.S. Secretary of Education faces a broad range of competing priorities.

The Board of Governors hired Spellings on the heels of the forced resignation of her predecessor Tom Ross. As the new leader of the system, she will address issues ranging from budget matters to concerns about academic freedom. Host Frank Stasio speaks with the UNC system president Margaret Spellings

Host Frank Stasio talks with UNC system president Margaret Spellings about her role and her plans for the system.

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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