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Eight students completed the initial paramedic certification course at Beaufort County Community College on November 1. BCCC’s paramedic program holds a 99 percent success rate, meaning that almost all of the students who complete the course earn their state certification.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 12:20 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Gifts totaling $350,000 will provide scholarships, programming, resources
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 5:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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In one week, East Carolina University inducted two members into the Distinguished Military Service Society, hosted its annual Military Appreciation Day football game and was named one of the best universities in the country for veterans.
Published: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 @ 7:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Successfully transitioning from the military to the university is the focus of a new grant-funded program for student veterans at East Carolina University
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:03 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Recently, a legislative proposal aimed at improving graduation rates at the University of North Carolina system's 16 institutions was nixed due to vehement opposition from university leaders
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2016 @ 10:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The North Carolina Community College System is poised to become a national leader in career and college readiness
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Many people have a fixed mental image of what modern nursing looks like — one that's based on countless trips to physicians' offices, clinics and hospitals across a lifetime.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2016 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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Looking back at all that happened in higher education this year is enough to make your head spin. One minute, state politicians are finally making good policies; the next, university officials are caving to irrational demands
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 10:04 am
By: John William Pope Center
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"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out," comedian George Carlin once quipped. Perhaps, then, North Carolinians should be suspicious about the fact that the University of North Carolina system's president, a Democrat, and its Board of Governors...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 11:57 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Higher education is by definition a place for advanced learning; it is not intended to be the place to learn basic skills such as the "three R's."
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's leading think tank devoted to colleges and universities is ushering in a new era in its history. Dr. Jenna Robinson recently took the job of president and executive director of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. Robinson discussed her new role with...
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 9:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the 2007-08 academic year, the state of North Carolina has allotted more than $7 million to the Academic Summer Bridge Program, which is intended to prepare academically weak students for the rigors of college.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 10:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the 2007-08 academic year, the state of North Carolina has allotted more than $7 million to the Academic Summer Bridge Program, which is intended to prepare academically weak students for the rigors of college.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina’s state budget tug-of-war concluded August 1 when the General Assembly passed a $21 billion appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014-15.
Published: Saturday, August 9th, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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For many students, summer is synonymous with sunning and snoozing.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate has just proposed its budget for the 2014-15 year, which begins July 1. This is the second in an annual series. First we had the governor's budget; now we have the Senate's; and the House of Representatives will follow soon.
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 9:53 am
By: John William Pope Center
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For years, a large percentage of North Carolina's high school students have graduated without proficiency in either math or reading--and sometimes lacking in both.
Published: Thursday, April 4th, 2013 @ 10:10 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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