Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

Feb 8, 2022

Technician: NC State’s Trailblazer Project Highlights North Carolina Community College Leaders of Color

NC State’s Trailblazer Profiles project, run by the College of Education’s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, highlights community college leaders of color across North Carolina and their unique stories. 

Jan 20, 2022

Publication and Presentation Roundup: A Look at Scholarly Work from College of Education Researchers from September-December, 2021

Faculty and research associates at the NC State College of Education, including its Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, are publishing their research… 

Dec 2, 2021

The Conversation: Female Faculty of Color Do Extra Diversity Work For No Extra Reward – Here’s How to Fix That

W. Dallas Herring Professor and Belk Center Executive Director Audrey J. Jaeger discusses how the Faculty Workload and Rewards Project identified how racial and gender inequalities lead to extra work and less recognition for female faculty members. 

Nov 30, 2021

Belk Center’s Trailblazers Project Highlights Stories, Achievements of Community College Leaders of Color

As an African American man, Pitt Community College President Lawrence Rouse said there have been many times on his journey to executive leadership when he felt as though his story was not heard. Now, he is one of many North Carolina community college leaders of color whose story will be preserved thanks to the Trailblazer Profiles project from the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. 

Nov 22, 2021

EdNC: N.C. Community College Effort to Recruit Adult Learners Is Expanding

Audrey Jaeger, executive director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and W. Dallas Herring Professor of Community College Education, was one of several individuals engaged with the N.C. Reconnect initiative who spoke during the State Board of Community Colleges' November meeting. 

Nov 17, 2021

Broward College President Gregory Haile During His Dallas Herring Lecture: ‘We Need to Make it Impossible for Every Resident, Every Child and Every Adult Not to Realize the Opportunity for Postsecondary Education’

Gregory Haile, president of Broward College in Florida, discussed the importance of community colleges having physical, social and financial proximity to those they serve during the 2021 Dallas Herring Lecture on Nov. 16. 

Nov 16, 2021

Rockingham Community College President Mark Kinlaw ’98EDD Receives 2021 I.E. Ready Distinguished Leader Award

Rockingham Community College President Mark Kinlaw ’98EDD was the recipient of the I.E. Ready Distinguished Leader Award during the 2021 Dallas Herring Lecture. 

Nov 1, 2021

EdNC: Gregory Adam Haile, President of Broward College, to Deliver the 2021 Dallas Herring Lecture

Gregory Adam Haile, who serves as the president of Broward College in Florida, will deliver the 2021 Dallas Herring Lecture. The event will be held virtually on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 1-3 p.m. 

Nov 1, 2021

EdNC: Trailblazer Profiles: Celebrating Leaders of Color in the North Carolina Community College System

In this podcast episode, Belk Center Executive Director and W. Dallas Herring Professor Audrey J. speaks about the Belk Center'sTrailblazer Profiles project to highlights and celebrates the work of Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx leaders in the North Carolina Community College System, specifically focusing on current and former community college presidents. 

Oct 12, 2021

Postdoctoral Scholar Brett Ranon Nachman is Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Through Scholarship on Autism in Higher Education

Brett Ranon Nachman believes education scholars and practitioners have a unique opportunity to redesign spaces for all perspectives and identities.