Perhaps you have noticed that many jobs requiring only basic skills and a cooperative attitude are now walled off to Americans who don't possess a college degree.
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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East Carolina University wants to entice new teachers in Pitt County to become students again.
Published: Thursday, December 18th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A persistent question about American higher education is what explains the apparent increase in demand for workers who have college credentials. It could be due to rising skill requirements for jobs, implying that the economy needs a larger number of people who have been through college...
Published: Monday, September 29th, 2014 @ 12:28 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Some East Carolina University students headed for military service are honing their marksmanship and decision-making skills at a simulated firing range on campus.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 5:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Before welding students at Beaufort County Community College enter the welding laboratory and begin working with actual materials, they can now hone their skills using a new virtual welder.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: Judy Jennette
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Six East Carolina University graduate students will spend the next year addressing social factors that impact community health - and developing lifelong leadership skills - as members of the North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship class of 2014-15.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Much of Governor Pat McCrory's policy on higher education revolves around a catch phrase: "closing the skills gap." Mirroring a national policy touted by President Obama and Vice President Biden, McCrory's drive to "close the skills gap" reflects his vision of the community college system as an unde
Published: Sunday, June 1st, 2014 @ 10:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2012, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) assessed the problem solving skills of a representative sample of 85,000 15-year-olds worldwide, including 1,273 from the United States.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A student at UNC-Chapel Hill recently asked me to comment on a survey of employers that had been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. She suggested that perhaps the Board of Governors is giving too much emphasis to technical skills when, she said, "employers value good communication...
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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An education in law is meant to teach the law and legal reasoning. To learn basic skills is the aim of primary and secondary schooling. Yet here at Leiden Law (part of Leiden University, the Netherlands' oldest and most prestigious university), we are increasingly sacrificing the law to teach...
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The committee contemplating a strategic plan for our university system was asked an interesting question in their opening session: How much education does North Carolina need?
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 5:41 am
By: Tom Campbell
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An article by Michael Gerson in the Charlotte Observer (July 22, 2012) states, "In 2000, 5 percent of African-American fourth-graders and 7 percent of their Hispanic peers were assessed proficient in math. . .
Published: Friday, August 17th, 2012 @ 9:50 am
By: Fern Shubert
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Has the "Big Blue Blister of Debt" been placed with a professional Realtor? Has anything been done to price and market the building? What costs are now accruing form our continued ownership?
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Warren Smith
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