The experience at the certified organic farm began with a simple but meaningful activity: harvesting fruits.
NC Reconnect, North Carolina’s Effort to Reenroll Adult Learners, Launched Four Years Ago. What Have Colleges Learned?
We never could have imagined how this has unfolded. We have seen this topic spread across our state and the country.
We never could have imagined how this has unfolded. We have seen this topic spread across our state and the country.
HUD Report Reveals Homelessness Hit an All-Time Peak in 2024
The rates for children and families with children were even higher, with 39% more children experiencing homelessness in 2024 than 2023.
The rates for children and families with children were even higher, with 39% more children experiencing homelessness in 2024 than 2023.
Perspective | Addressing the Nursing Shortage: A Collaborative Path Forward
At Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), we recognize that addressing this challenge requires innovative thinking and a collaborative approach.
At Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), we recognize that addressing this challenge requires innovative thinking and a collaborative approach.
Perspective | I Have a Mission to Comfort My Students Everyday
My students expressed how this news traumatized them in multiple ways.
My students expressed how this news traumatized them in multiple ways.
How Can Students Engage With AI While Protecting Their Emotional Well-Being?
Kim said this can also be an issue with adults who are experiencing loneliness or on the autism spectrum.
Kim said this can also be an issue with adults who are experiencing loneliness or on the autism spectrum.
Perspective | Ethical Student Use of AI Is an Issue of Building the Right Classroom Culture
Students need to understand the pitfalls of leaning too heavily on AI to solve problems and the consequences that may come from misrepresenting AI-generated content as their own.
Students need to understand the pitfalls of leaning too heavily on AI to solve problems and the consequences that may come from misrepresenting AI-generated content as their own.
Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on the Road to Postsecondary Opportunities
Enrollment in adult education programs at community colleges and four-year universities is one proposed solution to improving the economic outcomes for students with IDD.
Enrollment in adult education programs at community colleges and four-year universities is one proposed solution to improving the economic outcomes for students with IDD.
Community Colleges Expand Programming to Prepare Students for Careers in AI
Postsecondary institutions are responding to the industry growth by creating new degrees and programs to prepare students for careers in AI.
Postsecondary institutions are responding to the industry growth by creating new degrees and programs to prepare students for careers in AI.
Could Helping to Rebuild Their Communities Offer Students Real-World Learning and Academic Credit?
What if we told you that the person leading this activity wasn’t a child care professional or therapist, but a local student who had come with her mother to Swannanoa that day to help distribute food with World Central Kitchen?
What if we told you that the person leading this activity wasn’t a child care professional or therapist, but a local student who had come with her mother to Swannanoa that day to help distribute food with World Central Kitchen?
New Report Explores Role of Race and Socioeconomics in Achievement Gaps
Among other things, the study looked at which SES factors best explain existing achievement gaps, along with disparities among high-achieving students.
Among other things, the study looked at which SES factors best explain existing achievement gaps, along with disparities among high-achieving students.
Homeschooling on the Rise Again After Post-Pandemic Fall
The statewide total registered home schools increased from 94,154 during the 2022-23 school year to 96,529 this year.
The statewide total registered home schools increased from 94,154 during the 2022-23 school year to 96,529 this year.
Perspective | Turning Silence Into Language and Action: An Ode to Activism
A recent State of Student Mental Health report reveals that 85% of teachers, counselors, administrators, and other stakeholders working on the front lines with students “agree or strongly agree that students seem more stressed and anxious than in previous school years.”
A recent State of Student Mental Health report reveals that 85% of teachers, counselors, administrators, and other stakeholders working on the front lines with students “agree or strongly agree that students seem more stressed and anxious than in previous school years.”
How Community Colleges Provide Child Care Support
Colleges also use grant funding through state and federal sources, as well as private funds, to help student parents afford care.
Colleges also use grant funding through state and federal sources, as well as private funds, to help student parents afford care.
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day Highlights Need for Protections for Students
The advocacy day was hosted by LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit Equality NC, largely in response to legislation including three major bills which passed during the last long session.
The advocacy day was hosted by LGBTQ+ rights nonprofit Equality NC, largely in response to legislation including three major bills which passed during the last long session.
Perspective | a Corporate and Philanthropic Leader Reflects: ‘The Workplace Is One of the Last Arenas Where We Still Require Civility and Respect’
Amy Strecker and her wife, Emmy Coleman, are life-long North Carolina educators.
Amy Strecker and her wife, Emmy Coleman, are life-long North Carolina educators.