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40612
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Countering the pressure many high school students experience to get a university degree is the community college alternative. Asserting the practicality of an associate’s degree are reasons why two year colleges benefit North Carolina economically and occupationally. Added as evidence are what North Carolina community colleges such as Central Piedmont, Lenoir, and Alamance in particular offer to the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 3, March 2019 ,
p35-45
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Community colleges--North Carolina ; North Carolina Community College System; Apprenticeships--Community Colleges ; Edgecombe Community College ; Fayetteville Technical Community College ; Guilford Technical Community College; Wake Technical Community College ; Alamance Community College ; Central Piedmont Community College; Lenoir Community College; Nash Community College; Pitt Community College
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40644
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East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has become a campus model for helping low income students overcome barriers. Making this initiative possible is a grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program. Aims for this program include improving educational outcomes for community college transfer students.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Fall 2019 ,
p8
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East Carolina University--College of Engineering and Technology; Retention--college students; College transfer students--four year universities; National Science Foundation--scholarships; Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM); Providing Inclusive Residential and Transfer Experience Scholarships in Engineering; Pitt Community College ; Lenoir Community College; Wayne Community College (Goldsboro); Low income college students ; Persistence--college students
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41197
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The increasing integration of technology into work environments challenges individuals with only a high school diploma. Greatly helping them build their technical skill sets and become competitive in today's job market is community colleges. Colleges and programs helping students fulfill this goal include Guilford Technical Community College’s Aviation Manufacturing Program and Pitt Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Institute.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 12, December 2019 ,
p34, 36, 38, 40-41
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Guilford Technical Community College; Pitt Community College ; Fayetteville Technical Community College ; Lenoir Community College; Community colleges--vocational and technical programs ; Community colleges--North Carolina ; Job market--technical skills--community college programs ; Economic development--community colleges ; Employees--Training of
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40611
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An agrarian stronghold represented by tobacco has ceded to Farmville sharing its economic and occupation base with companies largely representing the hospitality industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 2, February 2019,
p86-88
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40638
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Success, measured by an increase in residents, reputation, and revenue, is the hoped for outcomes of Greenville’s 2020 Economic Development Plan. The outcome is possible through the strategy of continuing the development of the Uptown area, ECU, and the Town Commons.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Winter 2019,
p22-23
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Urban development--Greenville; Economic development; Economic development plan--Greenville; East Carolina University; Urban development--Greenville--Uptown; Metropolitan areas--North Carolina ; Metropolitan areas--North Carolina--Greenville; Pitt Community College ; Millennial campuses--East Carolina University ; Urban development--Greenville--Town Common; Parks--North Carolina--Greenville
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39528
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Despite its explosive population and job growth, Winterville retains its small-town charm and value for local traditions. Sam Jones, a fourth-generation barbecue business owner, reflects the town’s value for local traditions. Winterville’s small-town charm has generated its reputation as a “safe clean-cut place to settle down.”
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p102-104
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Record #:
39585
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The advantages of a community college education, in addition to comparatively lower cost, include programs that can offer additional job skills for current career advancement and skills for success in prospective careers. Among the fifty-eight community colleges in North Carolina profiled were Fayetteville Technical, Guilford, Edgecombe, and Pitt.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 9, September 2017,
p48, 50-51
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Community colleges--North Carolina ; North Carolina Community College System; Career skills programs--community colleges--North Carolina ; Technical skills programs--community colleges--North carolina; Continuing Education; Fayetteville Technical Community College ; Guilford Technical Community College; Edgecombe Community College ; Pitt Community College
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39934
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Students from East Carolina University, Pitt Community College, and Pitt County Schools can now study the stars, thanks to the new observatory in Grifton collaboratively created by two local philanthropists and two North Carolina community colleges.
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