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N.C. Community College System highlights $19.3 billion annual economic impact

by Hannah Vinueza McClellan | April 20, 2022

More than 500,000 students attend one of the state’s 58 community colleges, the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) said in an April release celebrating National Community College Month.…

Brief | Could requiring FAFSA completion for all high school graduates help close the opportunity gap?

by Natasha Lipscomb | April 20, 2022

Coming from a single parent household in a major urban city, the idea of college was overwhelming for me. My mother worked hard to pay our bills; and I could not bring myself to burden her with a conversation about college.…

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• NC judge gets 1 more week to work on school funding order

  AP | April 20, 2022

• More Pandemic Fallout: The Chronically Absent Student

  The New York Times | April 20, 2022

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