Margaret Spellings, a former U.S. secretary of education under George W. Bush, is a finalist in the search for a new president of the University of North Carolina system, and she will meet with the university’s Board of Governors in an emergency session on Friday, The News and Observer reports, citing unidentified sources “with direct knowledge” of the search. Ms. Spellings is the only candidate scheduled to meet with the board on Friday, the Raleigh newspaper said. The hastily called meeting quickly drew criticism from leaders of the state legislature, which passed a measure late last month that aimed to prevent a situation in which only one finalist was brought forward. The bill, which has not yet been signed into law, will require the search committee to present three finalists to the full board before a selection is made.

October 16, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education