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COVID-19 pushes N.C. community colleges to move academic calendar online

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...

Julie Havlak
Opinion

Should American degree programs borrow from their European counterparts?

A well-designed general education program can provide a breadth of important knowledge, as well as writing and analytical skills that employers often say are lacking in recent college graduates. Still, many students consider general education a waste of time and view courses unrelated to their majors as unnecessary obstacles.  Should higher education cater more to those students, who are interested...

Shannon Watkins
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Wake Tech Promoting Instructors to Professors

RALEIGH — The introduction of ranks comes at a time when some community colleges are signaling that they want to move away from their work force training roots. State such as Michigan and Florida are allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees, and California is considering it. Wake Tech would boost faculty pay only when it can afford the raises.

Harry Painter

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