North Carolina had the third-highest number of students enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in the nation during the 2023-24 school year, according to a Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presentation, with 550,918 students participating in CTE courses....
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by North Carolina State University’s College of Education on Nov. 3, 2025. In Kristen Swanson’s kindergarten class in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, students spent a lesson studying four pictures of food while discussing the...
In the Belk Center’s work with adult learners across North Carolina, we’ve developed a framework grounded in what we call the “5 Ps” — public messaging, partnerships, processes, pathways, and proximity. These five areas consistently show up as powerful forces...
An annual report on state funding for higher education shows a slowing down in financial support, with public two-year colleges seeing a dip in their share of state funding -- -1.6% in North Carolina....
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