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2/28/25

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The Editor’s Notes

Here is your playlist for the weekend courtesy of Jeff McDaris.

Shout out to Chancellor Ben Coulter and his team at WGU. This week they passed a big milestone having awarded more than 10,000 degrees in North Carolina. Did you know, according to WGU …

  • 19% are from the School of Education
  • 42.6% are first-generation college students
  • 23.4% are affiliated with the military community (active duty, veteran, reserve, military spouse, etc.)
  • 23.9% of graduates live in rural areas
  • WGU has transfer agreements with 26 N.C. community colleges; 1,711 graduates transferred from a N.C. community college

Attainment matters.

Many of you have asked where you can find information about DOGE. Here is the U.S. Government’s official website. Note that conservative researchers have called out the accuracy of the information posted there.

Need to know

Featured Read

First Look: The 2024 Survey of Community College Outcomes

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | February 25, 2025

The survey is designed to collect data that represent the unique role community colleges play in educating and training workers at every stage of their lives.... Read the rest

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Mebane Rash
Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC.

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