
Margaret Spellings will resign as president of the University of North Carolina system on March 1, marking her three-year anniversary as leader of the 17-campus system, its Board of Governors announced on Friday.
Spelling had a five-year contract, but will leave two years early.
Many observers, including a board member, have speculated that she is departing in part because of the charged political climate on the system’s campuses, including conflict over the controversial Silent Sam statue on the Chapel Hill campus, and a turbulent relationship with the board.
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