Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

Nov 21, 2024

‘Need for Love More Profound, Harder Than It’s Ever Been’

Nov 20, 2024

Austin Community College District Chancellor Russell Lowery-Hart Shares Advice for ‘Loving Students to Success’ During 2024 Dallas Herring Lecture

Russell Lowery-Hart, chancellor of the Austin Community College District and former president of Amarillo College, has become known as a leader who challenges others to “love students to success.” But, that love, he said, can’t happen at community colleges without data, action plans and transformative change.

Nov 6, 2024

Dallas Herring Lecture Celebrates 10 Years of Impacting Community College Education

When Audrey Jaeger, the W. Dallas Herring Professor of community college education in the NC State College of Education and executive director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, originated the Dallas Herring Lecture, her goal was to create a gathering that moves away from a traditional academic lecture and engages community college leaders in critical and emerging conversations about community college student success.

Aug 12, 2024

Voting Open for Proposal Co-developed by Belk Center Executive Director Audrey Jaeger For SXSW EDU 2025

A proposal submitted by NC State researchers, including Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research Executive Director and W. Dallas Herring Professor Audrey Jaeger, is up for consideration for inclusion as a panel at SXSW EDU 2025 as part of the event’s PanelPicker public voting process.

Jul 10, 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: Community College Faculty-Led Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Student Outcomes

Create a free Diverse: Issues In Higher Education account to continue reading Institutions Community Colleges Community College Faculty-Led Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Student Outcomes user-gravatar Liann Herder Jul 9, 2024 In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success?

Jun 26, 2024

Supporting the Colleges That Serve Our Communities

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at the College of Education drives collaboration to support North Carolina's 58 community colleges.

Mar 20, 2024

EdNC: Connecting the Experience of Latino Students to Policy, Together Avanza Moves Forward

Avanza: North Carolina Community Colleges Advancing Latino Student Success, which is sponsored, in part, by the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, welcomed its second cohort of community colleges on Friday, March 15, 2024.

Feb 26, 2024

EdNC: North Carolina Sees Increase in Adult Educational Attainment

Numerous efforts are underway to fill gaps in credential attainment. In 2021, myFutureNC joined together with the John M. Belk Endowment and the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research to launch N.C. Reconnect, a pilot project with five North Carolina community colleges to reengage adult learners who had previously attended community college but left before earning a credential.

Feb 19, 2024

18 Doctoral Students Chosen to Represent Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at National Conferences as Belk Center Fellows

Eighteen doctoral students have been chosen to participate in the 2024 Belk Center Fellows program. Seven students will attend Achieving the Dream’s DREAM 2024 conference in Orlando, Florida, from Feb. 19-22 while the other 11 fellows will attend the League for Innovation in the Community College's Innovations Conference in Anaheim, California, from March 17-20.

Feb 9, 2024

EdNC: What Do National Transfer Outcomes Reveal, and How Does North Carolina Compare?

A study released this week highlights national transfer outcome data and examines how community colleges and four-year institutions provide opportunities for students to transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree.