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Last year, 42 percent of recent high school graduates enrolled in one or more remedial or "developmental" math and/or English courses at a North Carolina community college.
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Cracks are appearing in the longstanding school tradition of breaking for the summer; not everyone prefers the traditional schedule. In some circles, a year-round schedule is gaining in popularity. For example, in Wake County, more than a third of elementary schools have year-round schedules.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the United States, tradition dictates that we have summers off from school.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2015 @ 2:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A Senate bill aimed at reducing the need for remedial education courses at community colleges would intervene too late in a high school student's career to have a broad impact on college performance, says a scholar based at Appalachian State University who focuses on student development.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 8:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Historically, higher education has been relatively left alone by the North Carolina legislature; this year represents a slight departure from that trend. For one thing, Governor McCrory has made the community colleges a focus of his administration and has called attention to their needs.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Developmental Education Department at Beaufort County Community College recently hosted the North Carolina Association of Developmental Education's Eastern Regional Conference.
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 3:57 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The end of the semester and graduation are fast approaching at BCCC. Several events have already been held and are being planned in the next few weeks to salute our graduates and mark the end of the year.
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 1:18 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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Over half of students who graduated in 2013 and subsequently enrolled in a North Carolina community college took one or more remedial or "developmental" courses in math and/or English.
Published: Monday, January 19th, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After being closed for the snow last week, the students, faculty, staff and leaders at Beaufort County Community College have been very busy trying to catch up on their work this week.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Barbara Tansey
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In 1899, two brothers, natives of the western mountains of North Carolina, opened Watagua Academy, the precursor of Appalachian State University.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was just a few months ago that Eurah Whitfield, a life-long resident of Belhaven, confessed to herself that she needed a change - and needed it to happen fast.
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Class will begin in June at Beaufort County Community College for students who would like to complete their high school equivalency at the same time as preparing to enter the job market as a certified pharmacy technician.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Classes have begun this winter at Beaufort County Community College in a new program that college officials hope will be successful in providing Basic Skills students with the skills they need to enter the work force.
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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