In this April 1, 2016 file photo, University of North Carolina system president Margaret Spellings answers questions from media after speaking at North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C. Less than a year after taking leadership of the 17-campus University of North Carolina system, Spellings has a plan for making the state's public colleges more efficient, affordable and welcoming to rural and minority students. She's taking that plan, and its yardsticks to measure performance, to budget-writing legislators who start their annual session on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, as she asks for more money for academic salaries.