News North Carolina saw a surge in apprenticeships this year. Here’s why. by Molly Osborne and Taylor Shain | March 12, 2020 The number of registered apprentices in North Carolina has more than doubled over the past four years, according to the...
Featured How the Rowan County Education Collaborative is working to align educational attainment and workforce development by Emily Thomas | March 11, 2020 In 2003, Rowan County and surrounding areas lost nearly 5,000 jobs in the largest single-day layoff in North Carolina history...
Featured This county hopes its apprenticeship program will convince the best and brightest to stay by Molly Osborne and Taylor Shain | March 4, 2020 This is the message behind the Made in Henderson County Apprenticeship program, a new partnership between Blue Ridge Community College,...
Featured If you wanted more education at your age, what would you need to make it work? by Mebane Rash and Taylor Shain | February 27, 2020 Think about it. If you decided to go back to community college or university for more education now, what would...
Perspective Perspective | Addressing future workforce needs… as easy as SCND? by Leslie Boney | February 25, 2020 With all of the things we are finding to disagree about in 2020, it’s good to remember that there is...
Perspective Perspective | myFutureNC: Localizing the goal by Staff | February 24, 2020 Peter Hans, president of the North Carolina Community College System, and Jeni Corn, director of strategic initiatives at myFutureNC, spoke...
Perspective Perspective | Ask the expert: What is workforce development? by Janine Bowen | February 20, 2020 This piece was originally published by the NC State College of Education. It is part of the monthly “Ask the Expert”...
Featured More skilled workers needed for the jobs of tomorrow: Announcing 5,000 new apprenticeships by Mebane Rash | February 19, 2020 Before he arrived at the Hunt Library on Centennial Campus at NC State to announce an investment in apprenticeships, United...
Featured How will we reach our attainment goal? This pilot project hopes to help. by Emily Thomas | February 19, 2020 One year ago, myFutureNC Commission announced a shared attainment goal for North Carolina — an aggressive call to action for...
Featured A vision for attainment: 2 million by 2030 by Analisa Sorrells and Molly Osborne | February 11, 2020 Until Feb. 2019, North Carolina was one of just a handful of states without a statewide postsecondary attainment goal. That...
Featured The work and life of Mark Story reminds us, ‘This is about the students’ by Mebane Rash | February 7, 2020 “Check your ego at the door,” said Mark Story at the NC Chamber’s Education and Workforce Conference in August 2019....
Perspective Perspective | Considering a gap year after high school? Here are 5 options. by Frances Beroset | February 5, 2020 High school graduates in North Carolina face major questions about the future, and generally are presented with three options: enrolling,...
