- Colleges to help communities ‘grow their own’ teachersRALEIGH – It had nothing to do with the coronavirus, but the State Board of Community Colleges took an important step last week to expand North Carolina’s pipeline of future ...Read more
- Community colleges live up to their nameThousands upon thousands of gloves, masks and face shields from nursing, respiratory therapy and even cosmetology programs. Disaster loan applications. WiFi hot spots in parking lots. Tablets and laptops for students who ...Read more
- WiFi: Part of our name is ‘Community’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 ...Read more
- Cancelled MerleFest = cancelled student aidWILKESBORO – 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 ...Read more
- Higher Ed Works launches Routes to Jobs NCWASHINGTON, 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 ...Read more
- Community colleges roll out ‘Your Hire Education’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 ...Read more
- Community Colleges: When graduates make as much as instructors…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 ...Read more
- Woodson: Seamless transfer from community collegeRALEIGH – 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 ...Read more
- Woodson: You can reinvent yourself at community collegeRALEIGH – 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 ...Read more
- N.C. A&T’s partnerships with community collegesGREENSBORO – 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 ...Read more