Best Practices

This year, the Belk Center is launching a series of research briefs that expands on the Adult Learner Guidebook. The briefs examine promising practices and opportunities identified by the first ten colleges of NC Reconnect. Each brief covers a single topic area from the adult learner efforts and provides relevant examples of how colleges implemented NC Reconnect across their campuses.

• FACULTY PERSPECTIVES GUIDE: How Faculty Support Adult Learners in North Carolina Community Colleges FOR ADULT LEARNER SUCCESS
• NC RECONNECT KICKOFF EVENTS: HOW NC RECONNECT COLLEGE LEADERS KICKSTART THEIR ADULT LEARNER EFFORT
• The Power of Partnerships in NC Reconnect Colleges
• Innovative Advising Techniques: How NC Reconnect Colleges Meet the Advising Needs of Adult Learners
• Key leadership decisions to consider when launching a campus-wide initiative
• Using funding to enhance NC Reconnect efforts
• Recruiting techniques to reach and re-engage adult learners
• How colleges are incorporating strategies learned from NC Reconnect across their institutions

Information in each brief was gathered during interviews with college presidents, leadership teams, staff, faculty and adult learners. As NC Reconnect efforts grow across the state, the Belk Center will continue engaging cohorts to identify opportunities and promising practices as colleges enhance how they reach adult learners.