First Lady Dr. Jill Biden said North Carolina is a leader when it comes to providing opportunities for students to earn college credit and connect to careers while still in high school. …
College of The Albemarle president Dr. Jack Bagwell was recently named the 2024 President of the Year for the North Carolina Community College System.…
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and other certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care.…
Between an election this year, a new legislative session, and the day-to-day news that comes out of our state’s public schools, we know it can be hard to keep up with the most important headlines and wade through the noise.…
The Editor’s Notes
The North Carolina Community Colleges Awards Dinner and Celebration is tonight. Katie Loovis, executive director of the N.C. Community Colleges Foundation, reminds us, “Our community colleges are the heart and soul of North Carolina’s workforce development and future economic development.” To all of the leaders who work to make our 58 community colleges great, thank you.
