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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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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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36243
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Proving the persistent presence of the manufacturing industry in the state’s economic development are eight experts. Questions related to manufacturing covered these topics: its current state, how it has changed, how it recruits and develops workers, what can help sustain it, how can federal initiatives help it, and how it will change over the next two decades. Their responses collectively indicate the important role community colleges play in its development, changes in business ethics, and need for ongoing technological advancements.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 3, March 2017,
p14-16, 18-20
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36247
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Attesting to the potential and positive impact of North Carolina’s 58 community colleges were profiles of Asheville-Buncombe, Edgecombe, Fayetteville Technical, Guilford Technical, Lenoir, Pitt Community, and Vance-Granville. Asserting to their potential and positive impact in North Carolina were statistics for: average median wage, number of companies receiving customized job training, and numbers of military members who will advance their education, post service.
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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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36284
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Community colleges, traditionally considered a second rate form of higher education, is increasingly making a first grade contribution to the state’s economy and work force. North Carolina’s fifty-eight community colleges are proving themselves an asset for fields such as biotechnology, welding, law enforcement, aviation, and manufacturing.
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Community colleges; Richmond Community College; Fayetteville Technical Community College--Research; Guilford Technical Community College; Meat industry and trade--Inspection; Pharmaceutical industry; Manufacturing industries; Employees--Training of; Aviation industry; Plastics industry and trade; Public safety programs; Law enforcement
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6953
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Dr. Don Cameron is president of Guilford Technical Community College. When he arrived at the college in 1981 as executive vice-president, there were 8,000 students enrolled. Funds to award scholarships totaled $600,000. In 2004, the school has an enrollment of 30,000 and a scholarship fund of $4.3 million. Cameron is a big promoter of workforce preparedness and was credited in a 1996 Wall Street Journal article with developing a model program for workforce preparedness. He is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's “executive profile.â€
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