One recent study estimated that 28 percent of holders of associate degrees have higher incomes than the median income of those with bachelor’s degrees.
A House committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would require the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority to inform college applicants about the possible outcomes of a degree at any of the state’s public or private colleges and universities. Senate Bill 536, “Students Know Before You Go & Central Residency,” stipulates that the NCSEAA...
If North Carolina’s community colleges are bursting at the seams, why are some of their leaders trying to create athletic programs to “boost enrollment and recruitment"?
RALEIGH — N.C. Community College System officials are requesting more than $141 million in non-recurring spending from the General Assembly, including more than $31 million to accommodate increased enrollment.
RALEIGH — In the wake of an audit investigation of Halifax Community College, State Auditor Les Merritt is recommending the community college system have better monitoring of employment contracts, by-laws, and local boards, and improved training programs for trustees and business office personnel.
RALEIGH — The president of the N.C. Center for Applied Textile Technology created the appearance of a conflict of interest by accepting outside teaching jobs, the State Auditor’s Office said in an investigative audit released last week. The auditor’s office was asked to review the secondary employment of the center’s president, James L. Lemons, by the president of the State Community College System. Meanwhile, another community-college audit found that Blue Ridge Community College had used state-paid technology staff to perform services for outside organizations in competition with private firms, thus potentially violating state law.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology, a state-owned higher-education institution that since 1996 has received more than $1.2 million annually in aid from the state, was audited recently for the first time. Carolina Journal obtained copies of the center’s class rosters for school year 2002-03, which showed a large number of courses and few students. Some students said they weren’t in classes that the center claimed they attended. One was an elderly woman from Belmont who said she was a patient in a hospital at the time.
RALEIGH — In June, North Carolina legislators are scheduled to receive a study of how the state’s community colleges are funded and how they operate. The study will suggest ways to save on costs and streamline operations in the community colleges. It is being conducted by MGT of America Inc., a Florida-based firm, and would be a comprehensive study of the funding and administration of the 58 community colleges.
Anticipating a bumpy financial road during the next session of the General Assembly, leaders for the North Carolina Community College System this week couched their request for more money to boost faculty and staff salaries in careful terms.
