According to the National Student Clearinghouse, around one-third of college students transfer between schools before earning their degree.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 8:41 am
By: Ben Coulter, Ed.D.
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Dr. Robin Coger begins tenure as provost
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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A research brief from curriculum publisher Amplify shows that elementary school students continue to lag behind in literacy almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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UNC System Senior Vice President Andrew Kelly considers the uncertain future of higher education in a new report for the American Enterprise Institute (co-authored with Rooney Columbus).
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort businessman Randy Ramsey has been elected permanent chairman of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 7:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State regulators are helping nursing and medical students graduate and enter the workforce.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2020 @ 5:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Ron Mitchelson, provost and senior vice chancellor of academic affairs at East Carolina University, has been appointed as interim chancellor by UNC System President Bill Roper.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Cooper reaffirmed his commitment to making quality early learning and development a priority today by naming experts to serve on the state's Early Childhood Advisory Council
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 @ 8:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Judges on Thursday will hear a N.C. State Board of Education motion to extend a stay in the lawsuit between the board and Superintendent Mark Johnson
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2017 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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E. M. Forster's frightening short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which all human activity has been subsumed by a global digital network similar to the Internet (except that Forster's version is controlled by a worldwide government bureaucracy)...
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:40 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Ron Mitchelson has been named provost at East Carolina University after serving in the role on an interim basis since last year. The ECU Board of Trustees made Mitchelson's position permanent at their meeting today. After a national search, Chancellor Steve Ballard selected Mitchelson from what...
Published: Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 @ 12:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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Attend a North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges meeting and you are likely to fall asleep as board members and community college system office staffers take turns dispassionately checking off the month's agenda items to unanimous approval.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 10:43 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A geographer, Mitchelson has been at ECU since 1999. He chaired the department of geography and served as interim chair of the English department. In 2011 he was appointed to chair ECU's Program Prioritization Committee, which evaluated programs campuswide and examined the university's academic...
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Beaufort County Community College Board of Trustees met this week and took action on several items of interest.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 @ 8:43 pm
By: Barbara Tansey
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On Tuesday, December 17th, the NC General Assembly Common Core Study Committee held its first public hearing to address Common Core. I attended, as well as other activists and Tea Party leaders all across the state.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Traditionally, college students, whether at the community college level or at four-year universities, have been expected to earn a prescribed number of credit hours by attending 16-week courses over multiple semesters. Students' post-graduation "competency" is indicated by the fact that they...
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Today an employer at a minimum wants [graduates with] job-related skills or training, plus critical thinking and communication abilities," wrote Champion Mitchell, a member of the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors, in a recent Pope Center featured. Mitchell, a former...
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2013 @ 3:59 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For many college students, the road to a bachelor's degree is not a straight one. Academic and non-academic detours can alter a student's collegiate trajectory, turning what might have otherwise been a four-year experience into a five- or six-year extended stay.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 5:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Colleges and universities must adopt College 2020 if they want to remain in the game, says Vance Fried.
Published: Thursday, April 11th, 2013 @ 4:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Across North Carolina our teachers are being asked to do more with less, and have been for many years.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 1:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Across North Carolina our teachers are being asked to do more with less, and have been for many years.
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 @ 10:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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