Schools
- “That’s fine with us.”
FAYETTEVILLE – Fayetteville State University Chancellor James Anderson dismisses any suggestion that there’s something wrong with starting out at a community college.
“One of the misperceptions about the relationship between a ... Read more - Community colleges: Crucial in multiple ways RALEIGH – They’re the Swiss Army knife of higher ed: Whether it’s preparing students to attend a four-year institution, training for a trade or training customized for a local employer, community ... Read more
- The good and bad of the 2017-19 state budget RALEIGH (June 28, 2017) – Today the NC General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 2017-19 state budget that legislators approved last week.
To be sure, there are things ... Read more
- NC budget: Positive short-term, threatening long-term RALEIGH (June 22, 2017) – At first glance, the budget compromise unveiled this week by legislative leaders seems encouraging.
It would grant K-12 public school teachers an average raise of 3.3% ... Read more
- A long-term slide in NC education spending RALEIGH – Since the mid-2000s, North Carolina has seen a general decline in expenditures per student in our K-12 public schools, community colleges and public universities.
Likewise – despite a modest ... Read more
- WCU/Community Colleges: Nursing degrees under $20K CULLOWHEE – North Carolina faces a nursing shortage, but the need is particularly pronounced in Western North Carolina.
So Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing came up with what Chancellor David Belcher ... Read more
- McColl: Community colleges touch more people CHARLOTTE – The man who built Bank of America says North Carolina’s community colleges have been vital to the state’s business community – and to his own career.
Community colleges serve ... Read more
- Teacher and student PINEHURST – Ed Spitler started out as a community college student. And through five degrees and 19 years teaching civil engineering technology and surveying, that’s where his heart remains.
Spitler, a ... Read more
- UNCG professor sees a Digital Zen GREENSBORO – Religion, we all know, is a touchy subject – but imagine how challenging it is to teach religion in a world that is both increasingly polarized and increasingly ... Read more
- New Community College President a man of many hats RALEIGH – Dr. James “Jimmie” Williamson has worn quite an assortment of hats – and he might need them all when he becomes President of the NC Community College System ... Read more
