Community colleges plan to decide the future of their online and in-person learning in July, when they will revisit their strategic plan for the summer and the fall. Other colleges in the country have canceled their fall semesters for in-person learning. North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges has advised colleges to build up its...
The State Board of Community Colleges has issued new measures to increase flexibility for students and teachers as they adjust to the national COVID-19 outbreak. Community colleges are now allowed to apply tuition, registration fees, and other fees for spring 2020 courses to the coming summer, fall, and spring semesters. Colleges will also follow the...
Community college classes are canceled or moving online through the end of the month as COVID-19 spreads in North Carolina. N.C. Community College System president Peter Hans has advised colleges to make plans to keep classes online for at least eight weeks, or until the end of the semester. Colleges say they might extend the...
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has food pantries on its campuses — for its teachers. Full-time professors at North Carolina’s community colleges earn less than K-12 teachers. Their average pay is $51,478 — some $2,500 less than the average salary of K-12 teachers — and community colleges say that’s not enough to hire or keep teachers. ...
State education leaders are promoting career paths that don’t involve attending four-year universities. State Superintendent Mark Johnson and N.C. Community College System President Peter Hans announced February Career Pathways Month. In a news conference Monday, Feb. 4, Johnson and Hans spoke about the importance of pursuing alternative paths to careers to fill the demand in...
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