6/8/2026
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Inside North Carolina’s Small Business Centers and their role as ‘economic development engines’
Many businesses begin with an idea followed by a vital question: Is this idea feasible? In North Carolina, there are 58 Small Business Centers (SBCs) — one at each of the state’s community colleges — dedicated to helping people answer...
Ahead of Workforce Pell, NC community colleges discuss efforts to leverage student data and reenroll adult learners
Community college leaders from across North Carolina met on June 2 to discuss how to structure, collect, and use student data to better engage with adult learners ages 25 and older. Efforts to reenroll adult learners, particularly those in continuing...
Perspective | What parents want is what kids need
In his poem, “My Father Never Ate Until Everyone Had Eaten,” Jose Hernandez Diaz writes that his father regularly skipped family dinners, saying he wasn’t hungry to ensure his family had enough to eat. Diaz recognizes his father’s sacrifice as...
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