GREENVILLE (February 16, 2022) – In a state with a growing population but a shortage of teachers, North Carolina’s state colleges and universities offer a new way to make college ...

RALEIGH (February 9, 2022) – They’re the Swiss Army knives of higher education. That’s because North Carolina’s community colleges do so many different things, whether it’s helping a student complete a ...

WINSTON-SALEM (February 4, 2022) – There’s a whole lot of aviation happening at Piedmont Triad International Airport – and with it a whole lot of really good jobs. With HondaJet’s manufacturing ...

RALEIGH (December 29, 2021) – 2021 was slightly less chaotic than 2020, with distribution of vaccines that temporarily calmed the coronavirus pandemic before new variants began to emerge. The state also ...

By Paul Wiles WINSTON-SALEM (December 15, 2021) – Sometimes things that sound the same are not really the same at all. I would argue that when you think of higher education, ...

RALEIGH (November 18, 2021) – For the first time in three years, it looks like North Carolina will have a budget for 2021-23. After extended negotiations between Gov. Roy Cooper, Senate ...

CHAPEL HILL (Sept. 22, 2021) – Fewer students have transferred from North Carolina’s community colleges to state universities during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released last week. But importantly, ...

RALEIGH (August 27, 2021) – State education leaders sealed an agreement this week to expand a program for aspiring teachers to start their education at a North Carolina community college ...

RALEIGH (August 13, 2021) – What makes someone want to be a nurse? “It runs the gamut,” Dr. Ann Marie Milner, Director of Nursing at Wake Technical Community College, says in ...

RALEIGH (August 4, 2021) – Local hospitals. Rehab centers. Assisted-living homes. They all need trained nurses, particularly in North Carolina’s rural areas. And the state’s community colleges can supply those nurses. “In ...