Education

Do you remember the feeling, if only vaguely, of a recent college graduate, proud of your accomplishment and eager to prove yourself in the workforce? That feeling is still there for 2022 graduates and the job market is welcoming them like never before.

With coronavirus numbers skyrocketing, some top conferences have canceled fall sports, but other student-athletes will risk their health to keep playing.

Research has shown children notice racial differences as early as preschool, and ignoring those differences only leads to negative outcomes.

From far-apart desks and taped-off “professor space” to temperature checks, smaller classes and hybrid online/in-class instruction – COVID-19 is forcing colleges to reimagine the fall semester.

While some say difficult race conversations are overdue, few will disagree that the protests happened so quickly we found ourselves adjusting and determining a stance on all issues – politics, police and black lives.

The entire education system has been uprooted because of COVID-19, and for the millions of college seniors, myself included, the sudden transition has been grueling.

According to a Durham Technical Community College press release, “Durham Public Schools and Durham Technical Community College are collaborating with local businesses to fulfill the need for skilled trade workers in the area. The WayMakers: Durham’s Skilled Trades Pathway is funded through $450,000 in grants from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. Durham Public Schools will receive $300,000 and Durham Tech will receive $150,000.”

The 2019 university and college ranking report by WalletHub placed Duke University as the top university in North Carolina and sixth overall in the nation.

Last month WGU North Carolina celebrated its first anniversary as an affiliate of Western Governors University, a nonprofit online university established in 1997 by 19 governors who wanted to expand access to higher education.

E-learning is a top choice for companies training employees. In fact, 50 to 70 percent of costs can be saved by switching from instructor-based learning to e-learning. It has also proven to be more effective for knowledge retention, showing an increase of 25 to 60 percent.

Located in downtown Raleigh, Campbell Law School was rated one of the top schools in the nation for bar exam passage. In the latestAmerican Bar Association bar passage data report, Campbell Law School ranked No. 15 with a passage rate of 97.86% within two years of graduation for its Class of 2015

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro launched an online master’s degree program in international business.

With college tuition costs continuing to rise, Asheville’s Warren Wilson College is looking to ease this burden for North Carolina families.

Winston-Salem-based Forsyth Technical Community College recently opened a $5 million Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

The 2017 SmartAsset rankings of community colleges place five North Carolina community colleges in the top 10 in the nation, and have Pamlico Community College in Grantsboro as number one in the country.

Start preparing early: Talk with your kids in high school about what they enjoy doing, what their strengths are, and what they may want to go to college for.

Communities In Schools developed the ABC+P success formula: attendance, behavior, coursework and parent/family engagement. The organization works throughout NC inside 300 public schools, customizing plans for students with the highest drop-out trajectory.

“Individual Rights vs. Community Standards” and “Corporate Ethics in International Contexts” were just a few of the many topics debated at the North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities Ethics Bowl. Students from 22 private NC colleges and universities came together to compete at the Legislative Complex in Raleigh.

Our state’s collective four-year high school graduation rate improved for the 11th consecutive year with the class of 2016. Data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) indicates a 17.5 percentage point growth since the first report in 2006.