By Dale Jenkins and Andrea Smith North Carolina’s not just growing, it’s thriving. Ranked by Forbes as the Best State in America for Business in 2019 for the third straight year, and boasting one of the highest net migration rates in the U.S, the Tar Heel State’s future is bright. But we’ve got work to… READ MORE
Goal: 2 million educated NC workers by 2030
DURHAM (August 21, 2019) – Most of us know North Carolina has shifted from an economy based on textiles and furniture to one increasingly dominated by employers like Biogen that require workers to have a degree or credential. What fewer know is that North Carolina is not producing educated workers quickly enough to fill those… READ MORE
MyFutureNC: 2 million educated workers by 2030
CHAPEL HILL – The NC General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper adopted an ambitious goal: To provide an additional 400,000 North Carolinians with degrees or high-quality credentials by 2030 beyond those who are already expected to earn degrees or credentials.1 “The goal of myFutureNC is by the year 2030, to have 2 million people (ages… READ MORE
myFutureNC: 2 million North Carolinians
RALEIGH (Feb. 20, 2019) – With buy-in from all sectors of education, the business community, the governor and legislative leaders, the myFutureNC Commission announced an ambitious goal today: 2 million North Carolinians ages 25-44 with a postsecondary credential or degree by 2030. Currently, just 1.3 million North Carolinians in that age group – or 49%… READ MORE
Gallup Poll finds North Carolinians value education
RALEIGH (Nov. 28, 2018) – North Carolinians think increased educational opportunity will help them and their state advance – yet they have substantial concerns about cost and access. Those are among the findings of a Gallup survey for the myFutureNC Commission, a group of leaders from education, business, nonprofits and the faith and policy communities…. READ MORE
How educated does North Carolina need to be?
CARY (June 15, 2018) – Just how educated are North Carolinians? And how educated do we need to be by 2030? If we count high-quality credentials, 47.4% of North Carolinians had obtained a degree or credential beyond high school in 20161 – that’s 13 percentage points below the Lumina Foundation’s national goal of 60% attainment by… READ MORE
myFutureNC Raleigh listening session March 22
RALEIGH – Educational attainment is critical to North Carolina’s continued economic growth. To earn a family-sustaining wage in today’s economy, North Carolinians need some postsecondary education—whether that’s a 4-year degree, an associate’s degree, a certificate or license in a career and technical field, or an apprenticeship. The myFutureNC Commission—comprised of state leaders in education, business,… READ MORE
Leakage from the college pipeline
WINSTON-SALEM – Under current trends, out of 100 North Carolina 9th-graders, 72 will graduate from high school in the next four years and say they intend to go to college. But only 53 will eventually enroll, and after 10 years, only 30 will go on to earn a degree. Twenty-three will leave college with no… READ MORE
UNC Board of Governors – Year in Review
By W. Louis Bissette, Jr. Chair, UNC Board of Governors North Carolina has a proud bipartisan tradition of building and sustaining public higher education — a cause that benefits all North Carolinians. As a native of the Old North State, I’ve been both a beneficiary and a dedicated defender of that tradition. During my time… READ MORE