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A group of people work together around a table at the Dining with Democracy event in Cary, North Carolina.

Feb 12, 2026

Connections Built Through NC-ACE Interdisciplinary Research Hub Expands Reach of Dining with Democracy Event

When Kim Roberts, cultural program leader for the Town of Cary, attended “A Day of Civic Learning”, hosted by the NC State College of Education's North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Research Hub last April, she was excited to engage in intellectual conversations and network with people from other sectors in the state and beyond. The event, however, also turned into a partnership that was able to bring a civic engagement program to her community.

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Dec 3, 2025

College of Education Launches Fifth Interdisciplinary Research Hub Focused on Improving Teacher Retention

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fifth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. The hub, entitled, “Improving Teacher Retention in North Carolina (ITR-NC),” will join other hubs established in 2023 and 2024 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.

May 27, 2025

SUPR Schools Interdisciplinary Hub Identifying Factors that Help Schools Defy Odds for Reading Achievement

Years of research have shown that there is a high correlation between reading achievement and socioeconomic status, which means that many children who attend high-poverty schools throughout North Carolina are not learning to read proficiently. The members of the Systems for Un-correlating Poverty and Reading (SUPR) in North Carolina Schools interdisciplinary hub have spent the past year examining schools that defy this trend.

May 19, 2025

FLIP-STEM Interdisciplinary Hub Centers Student Experience, Agency through Rural Workshops

Over the past year, the members of the Fostering Learning, Identity, and Participation within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (FLIP-STEM) interdisciplinary hub have seen firsthand the way middle school students thrive when given agency over their learning.

May 12, 2025

North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Hub Engages Educators, Students and Community through Two Events

Dozens of educators, students and members of various North Carolina organizations had opportunities to learn about civic engagement this spring thanks to two events hosted by the NC State College of Education’s North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE) Interdisciplinary Research Hub.

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Nov 13, 2024

College of Education Launches Fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub with Focus on Civic Engagement

In line with its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030, the NC State College of Education has launched a fourth Interdisciplinary Research Hub. This hub, entitled “North Carolina Advancing Civic Engagement (NC-ACE),” will join three other hubs approved in 2023 in finding innovative solutions to pressing educational problems by bringing together individuals from different units and disciplines.
Interdisciplinary Research Hubs

Dec 5, 2023

NC State College of Education to Launch 3 Interdisciplinary Research Hubs as Part of New Strategic Plan

NC State’s College of Education will form three Interdisciplinary Research Hubs that cut across disciplines to generate creative and innovative solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges in education as part of the implementation of its Strategic Plan: 2023-2030.