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WiFi: Part of our name is ‘Community’

April 9, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

SHELBY – The shift to online classes has revealed anew North Carolina’s digital divide.1  So, because North Carolina community colleges also tend to have plenty of parking lots that can accommodate social distancing, several colleges set out to help bridge that divide for their students and their communities. “We know that rural broadband access in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, NC Community Colleges

Cancelled MerleFest = cancelled student aid

March 25, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WILKESBORO – When officials cancelled MerleFest this month due to the threat of coronavirus, it meant more than a lost chance to hear Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss and Mavis Staples. It was also a lost opportunity for students at Wilkes Community College, host of the annual music festival. MerleFest helps fund critical programs at the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Access & Affordability, Crisis Response, NC Community Colleges, Wilkes Community College

Higher Ed Works launches Routes to Jobs NC

January 16, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, N.C. – Sometimes in less-prosperous parts of North Carolina, people want more for themselves. But they’re not always sure about the path to a better future. Routes to Jobs North Carolina is a new initiative of Higher Ed Works that attempts to connect those dots. Routes to Jobs focuses on the jobs most in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, NC Community Colleges, Routes to Jobs

Community colleges roll out ‘Your Hire Education’

August 14, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Jane StancillExecutive Director of CommunicationsNC Community College System RALEIGH (August 14, 2019) – This week, the NC Community College System launches its first statewide marketing campaign, communicating with one voice about the value of community colleges. Funded initially with private support from the NC Community Colleges Foundation and the John M. Belk Endowment, the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, myFutureNC, NC Community Colleges

Community Colleges: When graduates make as much as instructors…

June 20, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – Community colleges are critically important to North Carolina’s workforce. At a time when 67 percent of jobs in North Carolina are projected to require education beyond high school by 2020,1 community colleges offer a more-affordable path to a degree, job-specific training and training for the trades. And North Carolinians love their community colleges… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, NC Community Colleges, Where We Stand

Woodson: Seamless transfer from community college

April 17, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – All 16 universities in the University of North Carolina System are trying to smooth transfers from North Carolina’s community colleges. “All of us are working hard on seamless transfers from the Community College System,” NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson says in the accompanying video. NC State works in a number of ways… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, NC Community Colleges, NCSU

Woodson: You can reinvent yourself at community college

March 20, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – If school wasn’t for you the first time around, or if a four-year university seems too expensive, there are still ways to make it, says Chancellor Randy Woodson of NC State University. “One of the great things about America is that you’re not defined by a test score in the 8th grade –… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, NC Community Colleges, NCSU

N.C. A&T’s partnerships with community colleges

February 26, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Like many universities, North Carolina A&T State University is seeing increasing numbers of students choose to start at a community college, then transfer to N.C. A&T. In the accompanying video, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. says Guilford Technical Community College is one of N.C. A&T’s biggest partners; the university also recently announced a… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, Excellence, Great Universities, HBCU, NC Community Colleges, North Carolina A&T

Video: Governor Roy Cooper – Free Community College

February 20, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

At myFutureNC’s announcement of North Carolina’s postsecondary attainment rate goal on February 20, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper shared his vision to offer free community college in high-demand fields.

Filed Under: 2019, Mobile Moments, myFutureNC, NC Community Colleges

Community colleges’ agenda: Workforce training, faculty salaries

January 17, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH – North Carolina community college leaders unveiled their 2019 legislative agenda this week, focusing on investments to improve workforce development. These are worthy requests that represent a solid, forward-looking plan. We hope the NC General Assembly will heed them. The agenda, announced by the NC Community College System, NC Association of Community College Presidents… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, NC Community Colleges

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