According to the National Student Clearinghouse, around one-third of college students transfer between schools before earning their degree.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 8:41 am
By: Ben Coulter, Ed.D.
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$7.5 million grant will help dislocated workers train for new jobs
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 11:30 am
By: Governor's Office
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Federal program recognizes companies for hiring, retaining and training veterans
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 12:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently received approximately $17 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help meet the mental health needs of students in the state’s public schools.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 5:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the conservative members of the court of working to “dismantle the wall of separation between church and state” in a blistering dissent released on Tuesday.
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2022 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Parents and a Catholic archdiocese sued over the rule.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 9:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) and met with students in various STEM-related programs, including the Next Generation Black STEM Teacher Network program and WSSU’s Astrobotany Lab.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 7:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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Government efforts to make things “affordable” instead typically make things worse
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New program gives ECU engineering students opportunities at FRC East
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 4:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Supreme Court has given families and school choice advocates another reason to smile. In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the Court ruled in Carson v Makin that Maine violated the U.S. Constitution
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Maine’s ban on using state money to pay for scholarships at religious schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 7:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper directed $34 million in new federal funding to further support postsecondary students in completing their degree or credential and to help address K-12 student learning and mental health needs as students continue to recover from the pandemic.
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 9:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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ECU students taking non-traditional routes to degrees enjoy journey
Published: Thursday, March 31st, 2022 @ 12:31 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Federal program recognizes companies for hiring, retaining and training veterans
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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With industry need for more skilled workers, Surry County Schools knew one untapped workforce training market was high school students.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 9:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Contained within the Democrats’ massive $3.5 trillion federal reconciliation bill is a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to receive free community college tuition.
Published: Thursday, December 9th, 2021 @ 7:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper directed $95.6 million in new funding to help support K-12 and postsecondary students most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic who can benefit from support during the upcoming school year.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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Under the House General Fund budget for the University of North Carolina, the system would get a spending increase of $57 million over last year, bringing the budget up to $3.1 billion for the 17 campus system in 2019-20.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government's general policy towards poverty: Make individuals "comfortable" in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 9:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) joined Representatives Jackie Speier (CA-14) and Mark Takano (CA-41) and reintroduced the bipartisan Military and Veterans Education Protection Act
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2017 @ 5:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed into law House Bill 486, House Bill 487, and House Bill 120, which help reward members of the North Carolina National Guard and their families for their service
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 12:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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The gigantic endowments of a few universities inevitably attract attention
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:08 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The North Carolina Senate passed a balanced $21.47 billion state budget on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Attorneys on both sides of the voucher issue made their case on Tuesday to the state's highest court, with Supreme Court justices considering a challenge to a Superior Court decision stating that the Opportunity Scholarship Program, offering tuition vouchers to low-income parents who removed...
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:11 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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The dust is settling following approval of the latest state budget.
Published: Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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