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What is Advise NC? Learn about the network ensuring every NC student ‘has someone to help them find a next step’

by Deanna Ballard | July 14, 2026

Advise NC is a statewide network of college and career advisers, run through North Carolina’s universities, that puts full-time advisers in high schools to help students figure out what comes next after graduation. It came together in 2025, pulling several...

Perspective | Across the state, we come together for students

by Alex Granados | July 1, 2026

As an associate director for TRIO at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Terry Baxter is already embedded in the state’s college access and outreach world. But even he was surprised to see how many other people in...

New strategic roadmap from governor’s AI Leadership Council calls for more partnerships with education systems

by Chantal Brown | July 14, 2026

Gov. Josh Stein’s AI Leadership Council has released a strategic roadmap for addressing the potential impacts artificial intelligence (AI) will have on how North Carolinians live and work.  The council was formed in September 2025 from an executive order. Its...

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• Counties face $52M in food stamp costs after NC budget omits funding request

  WRAL | July 14, 2026

• The Aging Population Is Changing States’ Revenue, Spending, and Service Demand Outlook

  Pew | July 7, 2026

• TC Spotlight featuring Principal Matt Bristow-Smith

  Twin County Media | July 14, 2026

• Tom Oxholm on Education is Everyone’s Business

  Gary Pearce | July 14, 2026

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