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for "North Carolina Insight"
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9188
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Too many students in the state are dropping out of school, placing North Carolina among the lowest states in that category. Stallings' discussion of the dropout problem includes how North Carolina tracks and measures dropout rates; which students drop out and why; and what the state and local school districts are doing to reduce the dropout rate. The article concludes with six recommendations for improving the state's dropout problem.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22 Issue 2-3, May 2007,
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18659
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At the close of the 20th-century, the state's population had increasingly grown older with only 3.5 percent of citizens over 65 in 1900 to 12 percent in 2000. These numbers are expected to increase further, the percentage projected to double by 2030. An aging population requires state leaders to consider how older populations can contribute to society and what services this group will need. The article presents a statistical breakdown of the 65 plus age demographic and compares state information with national data.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2-3, Mar 2010,
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18660
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Elder fraud is the financial exploitation of the state's older population. National statistics indicate older generations lose $40 billion per year to fraudulent electronic scams. The state's fifty and older population accounts for more than 25 percent of fraud complaints and identity thefts reportedly annually. The article reports not only on the schemes but who perpetrates these crimes.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2-3, Mar 2010,
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18674
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Medicaid is the state sponsored health program to cover low-income families but rising health care costs deplete funds available to those in need. To supplement the Medicaid program Community Care Program and PACE now contribute to the healthcare of the state's older population. The Community Care of North Carolina deals with management of health issues across the state. The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly assists those too frail to live alone without assistance.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2-3, Mar 2010,
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18675
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The 65 and older population of the state in general demonstrate a sense of civic duty, typically voting more, involved in public service, and are generally contribute more to their communities. Statistical evidence supporting this claim is presented showing disparities between generations in voter turnout and participation numbers in religious and non-secular community activities.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue 2-3, Mar 2010,
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18740
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The state's community college system was developed in the 1960s by W. Dallas Herring, former Chairman of the State Board of Education. By 2008, changing economic dynamics prompted a reevaluation of the system and how to meet the state's educational, and ultimately employment, needs. The author assesses what he determined to be four critical areas of concern faced by community colleges (\"nontraditional\" students, completion rates, work force shortage, and lack of infrastructure for students) and how to overcome these issues to create a more productive system and better educated and qualified workforce for the state.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18760
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Historically, the community college system developed to provide the state with a qualified work-force to fill manufacturing jobs beginning with Buncombe County Junior College in 1928. Having been organized into a state-wide system in 1963 under the Community College Act, this network of institutions faced contemporary problems of changing economic demands throughout the early 2000s. The author presents the history of the community college system to try and anticipate how this institution will need to adapt to future developments within the state's evolving economy.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18762
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The article reviews the diverse student population served by community colleges with a statistical breakdown of enrolled students by age, race, part-time or full-time. Compared with the University of North Carolina system, community college students can be qualified as 'non-traditional' and working students. Trends within the enrollments in the community college system reflect diversifying demographics for the entire state.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18834
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New educational programs developed within the community college system to meet growing industries. Two of the fastest growing markets within the state include aquaculture, cultivation of water-based plants and animals, and viticulture, cultivation of grapes. Discussed are curriculum changes within the community college system to supply new areas of study and how these academic tracks can be transferred to the UNC system.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18835
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North Carolina economy shifted from manufacturing to service based and created a gap in the workforce. Vacancies in such jobs as allied health, nursing, pharmaceuticals, and laboratory technicians were not being filled adequately with skilled workers. The author proposes five changes to the community college system to be enacted both by the General Assembly and State Board of Education to facilitate community college's offering degrees to fill theses openings. Some of these proposed changes included differentiated funding for certain community college programs and establishing licensure track degrees exclusively through the community college system.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18836
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The state's financial aid largely focused on students entering traditional four-year programs with less emphasis on those individuals entering community colleges. The author offers a statistical breakdown for the number of community college students and aid received. Sources for this funding is also explored, showing that much of the community college students receive federal funding and less state funding. Six sources of state funding are highlighted and the author encourages development of such programs like the Need-Based Teaching and Nursing Grant Program and how to enhance these for community college students.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22/23 Issue 4/1, May 2008,
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18889
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The state authorized charter schools in 1996 and since then 138 schools have been, at one point, operational. In 2007, 100 of these charter schools were functioning throughout the state. An assessment of these schools based on student learning, facilities, management, and financing demonstrates that charter schools often have lower scores in these areas when compared with public schools. Using information from the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research, the author makes suggestions for improving charter school performance and how to create a better educational environment for charter school students.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 22 Issue 2-3, May 2007,
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18894
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The state offers citizens with mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse problems a variety of treatment options through 15 different facilities. It is estimated that 14 percent of the state's population requires one form or another of these services. Of the fifteen facilities are four psychiatric hospitals, three developmental centers, three neuro-medical centers, three alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, and two residential facilities for children with severe emotional/behavioral disorders. The article looks at these facilities and the number of citizens using services offered by the same.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue Sp. Rpt., Mar 2011,
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19518
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Rash discusses the history the mental health system in North Carolina and how the past has affected the motivations for future reform.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23/24 Issue 4/1, Dec 2012,
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19519
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XDS, Inc. in Pittsboro is a nonprofit mental health and developmental disabilities service provider for over 130 customers. XDS provides long-term care for patients with dual-diagnoses that often fall through the cracks in the medical system. Despite the myriad of services that XDS provides, the state's shift to Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies, this organization was in fear of being shut down. Now approved as a CABHA, XDS merged with the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health to provide a continuum of care.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23/24 Issue 4/1, Dec 2012,
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