Central Piedmont Launches Better Skills Better Jobs Initiative
By: Collegiate Standard Central Piedmont Community College is embarking on an ambitious new initiative aimed at reinvigorating adult education with its Better Skills. Better Jobs. Better Future. campaign. In the coming months, Central Piedmont plans to actively disseminate information about job training …
COA To Host Career Fair Free And Open To The Public On April 10
By: WFOD-FM College of The Albemarle (COA) will host its annual “Career Fair” on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at COA – Elizabeth City, in Building AE. Previously open to COA students, the fair will be open to …
WCC Launches New Outreach Efforts to Attract and Support More Adult Learners
By: Goldsboro Daily News Wayne Community College is rolling out new efforts to bring more adults who may have not completed a degree or job training program back to the classroom through a new Better Skills. Better Jobs. Better Future. campaign Over the next …
Annual career fair returns to COA – Elizabeth City this April
By: OBX Today College of The Albemarle (COA) will host its annual “Career Fair” on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at COA – Elizabeth City, in Building AE. Previously open to COA students, the fair will be open …
North Carolina sees increase in adult educational attainment
by EdNC: Adults in North Carolina are earning more degrees and credentials, according to new federal data released by Lumina Foundation. Lumina’s annual Stronger Nation report shows 54.4% of working-age adults (ages 25 to 64) in North Carolina have earned a postsecondary degree or credential …
Commentary: Adult learners can connect with College of The Albemarle for better skills, better jobs, better future
by WOBX: We know that many North Carolinians are looking for new career opportunities and a fresh start. College of The Albemarle is a great place for them to begin their journey. In just a matter of months, adult learners can acquire the …
DDCC Launches Outreach Efforts to Attract Adult Learners With Better Skills
by The Dispatch: Davidson-Davie Community College has launched a new website, as well as a digital advertising campaign, to share job training programs and college information with adults all across the region. The site makes it easier for adult learners can acquire …
ECC Launches New Outreach Efforts to Attract Adult Learners
by Edgecombe Community College: Edgecombe Community College has launched a new online information site, as well as a digital advertising campaign, to quickly and efficiently share job training programs and college information with adults all across the region. Interested adults are encouraged to …
COA Launches Better Skills. Better Jobs. Better Future.
by The Daily Advance: Everyone knows the vast majority of today’s higher-wage jobs require more than a high school diploma. Unfortunately, fewer than half of North Carolinians between the ages 25 of 44 have the education and training needed to fill these …
Why Adult Learners Persist, and How Colleges Can Engage Them
by EdNC: What makes adult learners persist? Despite many barriers, adult learners primarily persist to increase their earning power or workplace advancement and for personal fulfillment, according to Dr. Matt Bergman, a University of Louisville professor of educational leadership and co-author of “Unfinished Business: …
Reimagining Access and Engagement at N.C. Community Colleges
by EdNC: From fall 2012 to fall 2022, college student enrollment dropped by about 1.9 million students – almost 10%. College enrollment has been declining since 2010 – due to factors like falling birth rates and rising college tuition, among others. Such trends were exacerbated …
Research | N.C. Community Colleges Collaborate to Support Adult Learners
by EdNC: Since 2021, the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research has gathered data, stories, and lessons learned from colleges participating in NC Reconnect – the initiative to re-engage and enroll adult learners in North Carolina community colleges. The Belk Center, in partnership with …
