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Beaufort County Community College (Beaufort CCC) is proud to announce its top-tier ranking in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) for persistence and progression metrics.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2025 @ 10:31 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Dr. Jeff Cox, the President of the North Carolina Community College System, via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: ENC NOW
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Wilkes Community College President Jeff Cox will serve as the next president of the N.C. Community College System.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 8:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s 58 community colleges are the red-headed stepchildren of our education system.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 9:28 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The North Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) is partnering with the Small Business Center Network across the North Carolina Community College System to offer free tax classes for small business owners.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2022 @ 3:12 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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The State Board of N.C. Community Colleges is turning for a second time to William S. “Bill” Carver as interim president of the statewide community college system.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 8:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Thomas Stith has tendered his resignation as president of the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges, marking the latest departure in a community college system that has seen high turnover in recent years. The resignation is effective July 22.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Beaufort County Community College student Katie Council was selected as the winner of the Governor Robert Scott Leadership Award. The North Carolina Community College System chooses one student per year for the award that recognizes student leadership among all 58 community colleges in the system.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 6:32 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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The first cohort of apprentices graduated from the Apprenticeship Beaufort County Program and PAS on Dec. 2, celebrated by their fellow employees and community partners, as well as Dr. Bruce Mack, VP of Economic Development for the NC Community College System.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 6:44 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Beaufort County Community College will welcome Thomas A. Stith III, President of the North Carolina Community College System, as he visits its campus on November 5 from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. to tour new facilities.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 9:51 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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The N.C. Community College System elected Thomas Stith III to lead it through the coronavirus pandemic and steep enrollment losses.
Published: Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 @ 11:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The University of North Carolina System will name Peter Hans its new president, CJ has confirmed.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2020 @ 7:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Here's a good news-bad news story that needs a happy ending. The good news is that as of January our state's unemployment rate was 3.6 percent. When you consider it was 4.5 percent last February that's cause for celebration
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2019 @ 9:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The N.C. Community College System, following the abrupt departure of fledgling former President James C. "Jimmie" Williamson, is under new leadership that could better partnerships between community colleges and the University of North Carolina System.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2018 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ahead of the release of his short session budget, Governor Roy Cooper today shared recommendations to create the NC Job Ready Fund to train and grow North Carolina's workforce to fill the jobs of today and tomorrow
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 2:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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The N.C. Community College system is looking for a new president, and the hire may not be an easy one
Published: Monday, December 4th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The leaders of the North Carolina public education systems, including the President of the University of North Carolina, the Acting President of the North Carolina Community College System, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, have partnered to create My Future NC
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill was introduced in the state legislature to shift control of the state’s apprenticeship program from the Department of Commerce to the community college system
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2017 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Community College System's new president, James C. "Jimmie" Williamson, says that his first 90 days in office will be filled with homework and field trips as he learns about interests and needs of the NCCCS
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report commissioned by the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System on the potential impact of the North Carolina Guaranteed Admission Program contains inaccurate information that should be acknowledged during legislative discussions about any changes in NCGAP
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the State Board of Community Colleges' unanimous decision to hire Dr. James C. Williamson as the eighth president of the North Carolina Community College System
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 4:49 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The State Board of Community Colleges unanimously voted today to hire Dr. James "Jimmie" C. Williamson as the eighth System President for the NCCommunity Colleges
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 10:59 am
By: Christopher Maye
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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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UNC President Margaret Spellings has said that the North Carolina legislature's proposed Guaranteed Admissions Program (NC GAP) has identified the right problem, but has come up with the wrong solution. Her vision is of a UNC system accessible to everyone and educating everyone—not just elites
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Measuring the performance of colleges - and holding them accountable for their performance - is an unsolved problem. A new "earnings gains" measure of community colleges in North Carolina aims to solve it.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond initiative will pump $734 million into our state's distinguished universities and community colleges for facility upgrades and improvements. Of that, $534 million will be directed to the University of North Carolina System and $200 million will be allocated...
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 9:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory today challenged the North Carolina Education Cabinet to continue to work together to ensure North Carolina's education system is preparing students for the skills business and industry will need in the future.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 12:05 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 10:12 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory will be delivering the commencement addresses at Forsyth Technical Community College and Elizabeth City State University this week.
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 1:18 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the announcement that Scott Ralls would be leaving his position as head of the North Carolina Community College System for the presidency of Northern Virginia Community College...
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 12:22 am
By: Chris Downey
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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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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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During each legislative session, education is at the forefront of budget and policy discussions. Expenditures on elementary, secondary, and higher education (the University of North Carolina system plus the community college system) added up to more than $11.5 billion last year, or 58 percent of the
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 12:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During each legislative session, education is at the forefront of budget and policy discussions. Expenditures on elementary, secondary, and higher education (the University of North Carolina plus the community college system) added up to more than $11.5 billion last year, or 58 percent of the North
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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