community colleges

May 19, 2025

Alamance Community College: ACC Honors Former President Algie Gatewood ’94EDD

Alamance Community College (ACC) has formally dedicated an area adjacent to the student commons area on its main campus as the Dr. Algie Gatewood Atrium, named for ACC President Emeritus Gatewood, who retired in July 2023 and earned his Doctor of Education from NC State's College of Education in 1994.

Dec 10, 2024

How Can Teaching and Learning Hubs Improve Community College Outcomes? ‘There is No Other Singular Program in the State That Has This Type of Impact,’ Says Program Director Monique Colclough

Community colleges offer a wealth of benefits to students, including affordability, opportunities to learn at their own pace and a route to earning a bachelor’s degree. However, for students to succeed at community colleges, the institutions need support, such as access to evidence-based strategies and community partnerships, says Monique Colclough.

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.

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, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Yolanda Wilson ’18EDD Named President of the College of Southern Maryland

Yolanda Wilson '18EDD, who earned her doctoral degree through the NC State College of Education Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development's Community College Leadership concentration, has been named president of the College of Southern Maryland.

Mar 9, 2023

EdNC: The First of its Kind National Community College Research Alliance launches

The National Community College Research Alliance (NCCRA) met for the first time last week in Raleigh to begin building a collective community college research agenda. Participants included those from research centers across the country, such as The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), and Community College Research Center (CCRC), as well as individual researchers whose work involves providing decision-makers with the information needed to advance the efforts of community colleges.

Nov 9, 2022

EdNC.org: Community Colleges Can Advance Economic Mobility, Mike Flores Says at 2022 Dallas Herring Lecture

Community colleges have the power to advance equity and economic mobility through local collaboration, Chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District Mike Flores told guests during the keynote address of the 2022 Dallas Herring Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Nov 8, 2022

John M. Belk Endowment Awards NC State’s Belk Center $25M to Support Community College Leadership and Student Success

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research has received a record $25 million investment from the John M. Belk Endowment to partner with North Carolina’s community colleges to advance equity and economic mobility across the state.

Oct 27, 2022

#WhyIChoseEducation: ‘I Would Like All Students to Have Equal Opportunity to Succeed in Education,’ Says Somanita Kheang

While teaching English part time in Cambodia, Somanita Kheang began to wonder if she could be a more effective educator for her students, some of whom were adult learners. Now, as she conducts research on adult learning while earning her second doctoral degree at the NC State College of Education, she has become a researcher and is having an even greater impact on adult learners and the field of education than she ever expected.