5/28/2025
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NC community college spring enrollment growth outpaces national trends
Undergraduate enrollment increased by 3.5% in spring 2025 from spring 2024, according to new estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, with 15.3 million students enrolled in undergraduate programs across the country. “Enrollment increased for all undergraduate credential types,” the...
Report | Best practices for incorporating home-based early care and learning programs into NC Pre-K
This report was prepared for EdNC by Chunyi Xu, a graduate student completing the Master of Public Policy Program at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. It can be downloaded here. Early childhood education is crucial to...
CCC&TI announces scholarships for Valle Crucis Middle School students
This story was originally published by Watauga Online. Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) announced that it will provide scholarships for each of the middle school students currently finishing out their school year on the college’s Watauga campus in...
Grow Moore Teachers Pathway Scholarship announces first recipient
Alyssa Mabe, a Union Pines High School senior, is the first recipient of the Grow Moore Teachers Pathway Scholarship, Moore County Schools announced this month. The scholarship is a collaboration between Moore County Schools (MCS), Sandhills Community College (SCC), and...
Perspective | Youth media camp returns to eastern North Carolina
Freedom Hill Youth Media Camp (FHYMC) applications are open for the fourth consecutive summer. The three-week documentary production program connects students to Princeville’s Black history through learning the basics of documentary filmmaking. For the first time this summer, accepted campers...
The Editor’s Notes
Students in eastern North Carolina who are 14-19 years old are encouraged to apply for the youth media camp in today’s perspective. Applications are open from May 1 to June 10, 2025. FHYMC is hosted in Princeville and runs from July 29 to August 14, 2025.
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