Yesterday, legislation urging all coastal community colleges to offer courses on commercial fishing and aquaculture was signed into law.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 6:57 pm
By: Bill Cook
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North Carolina could save as much as $4.3 billion while easing, if not eliminating, a looming doctor shortage by updating statutes that restrict the operations of high-level nurses, a Duke researcher says.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina public schools are developing a multimillion-dollar student data mining system intended to compile and analyze reams of information to improve educational outcomes.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2015 @ 2:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments...
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 6:52 am
By: Chris Downey
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Duke Energy and Beaufort County Community College today announced a $248,302 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation to upgrade the equipment used in the Welding Technology Program at BCCC.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 1:40 am
By: Chris Downey
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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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It's now official: Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, all North Carolina public high schools will be on a 10-point grading scale. Last week the State Board of Education approved the plan to have schools throw out the standard A-B-C-D-F system in favor of a new scale that widens the grade...
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In most states, community colleges offer only associate degrees in nursing, which require two to three years of education.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 11:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How much of your money is spent to educate one high school graduate in North Carolina? $50,000? $75,000? Our new analysis shows that North Carolina taxpayers spend about $150,000 for each student who receives a high school diploma...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory is visiting factories across the state to highlight North Carolina-made products as part of Manufacturing Day.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 10:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory joined employees, executives and elected officials this morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of bioMérieux's new 25,500 square-foot facility in Durham.
Published: Friday, July 11th, 2014 @ 1:45 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Four presidents of North Carolina community colleges took the rest of the community college system by surprise last week. Three of them appeared before the legislature's House Study Committee on Education Innovation to ask for a legislative study about adding four-year bachelor's degrees to their...
Published: Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Duke Energy and Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) today announced a $141,029 investment from the Duke Energy Foundation.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated this year's recipients of the Education and Workforce grants. The program is aimed at strengthening successful, innovative education programs that combine academic rigor and skills development with the goal of graduating every student both college and career ready.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory renewed his promise to strengthen and transform education in North Carolina today by naming Eric Guckian as his Senior Education Advisor.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 12:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More and more college-age students are taking community college classes before transferring to four-year universities. They can save money (community college tuition is a fraction of four-year school tuition), gain maturity, and maybe even bring up their grades enough to...
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina's four-year high school graduation rate has improved to 78 percent, but that achievement has raised some questions. Among them...
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several years ago, Scott Ralls determined that there were serious problems with the way North Carolina's community colleges were handling remediation. To Ralls, who is president of the...
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 11:39 pm
By: Duke Cheston
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Beaufort County Community College on Wednesday, March 6, honored W. Dallas Herring, considered to be the "father" of the state's community college system, during a brief ceremony held on the college campus.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2013 @ 12:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's Customized Training Program, run by the state's community colleges, has come under fire lately. Some prominent critics contend that it is -- at least in part -- a wasteful way to promote economic development in the state.
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2013 @ 9:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's graduation rate ranks about in the middle of the pack in relation to other states around the country.
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thomas has been a leader in the Beaufort County and state medical community for many years.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 @ 10:36 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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North Carolina's Community College sponsored a public hearing to gain insight as to whether they should continue to admit students, who are in our country illegally.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2009 @ 4:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, November 2.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Thursday, October 1.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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