6/4/2026
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New initiative builds rural colleges’ strategic planning capacity and leadership expertise
A new three-year initiative will help North Carolina’s rural community colleges build sustainable leadership structures and strategic planning capacity, according to a Monday press release. The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, housed at NC State’s College of...
A ‘Civic Star’ educator brightens up his classroom by creating community
From the ambulance to the classroom For Charles Oliver, the pathway to becoming an educator began in an ambulance. He grew up in Roanoke Rapids, but headed east and studied at Carteret Community College to become a paramedic. As a...
Perspective | Measuring what matters in North Carolina’s community colleges
At the League of Innovation national conference this spring, a community college president from Michigan described a startling gap between the way her state measures success and the reality on the ground. By federal Integrated Postsecondary Data Systems (IPEDS) standards,...
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting today. Here is the agenda.
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