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Margaret Spellings: Higher education is a new civil right
- By Margaret Spellings
- Oct 23, 2016
- Oct 23, 2016
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What if all North Carolinians reached their full potential? What would that mean for our state, and what would it take to get us there?
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Margaret Spellings was officially installed Oct. 13 as the 18th president of the University of North Carolina, which enrolls 220,000 students on 17 campuses. This article is an abridged version of her inaugural address.
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