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Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina

Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina The North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President North Carolina Community College System www.nccommunitycolleges.edu. 919-807-7100. Legacy of Learning.

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Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina

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  1. Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina The North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President North Carolina Community College System www.nccommunitycolleges.edu 919-807-7100

  2. Legacy of Learning • 1789: North Carolina charters nation’s first public university • 1958: North Carolina creates IECs, customized industry training • 1963: North Carolina creates comprehensive community college system

  3. Economic and Workforce Development • Job preparation basis for founding system • Job preparation most important mission today • Job preparation now about high skills, high tech, global marketplace

  4. Attracting, Growing and Keeping Industries: NEIT, FIT, CIT • New and Expanding Industry Training (NEIT) • Top-ranked nationally • Serves hundreds of new and growing companies, thousands of trainees annually • Focused Industrial Training (FIT) • Established industries, designated critical areas • Customized Industrial Training (CIT) • New program to fill gap for industries requiring retraining for competitiveness upgrades, but not adding jobs

  5. Nurturing Entrepreneurs:Small Business Centers • 58 Small Business Centers, one in each community college, form SBCN for aspiring entrepreneurs. • Centers help identify products or services, develop and refine business plans, find financing, develop marketing and steer through licenses, taxes, and regulation. • Thriving partnership with NC REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) • New partnership on entrepreneurship with NC Rural Center • Each year, more than 70,000 people come for help.

  6. Nurturing Entrepreneurs:New Crops and Methods • 19 curriculum programs plus continuing education • Grapes and wine • Sustainable agriculture • Horses, swine, poultry • Turf grass, horticulture, landscaping • Aquaculture • Forest, wood

  7. Preparing to Work • Technical training leads to good pay and great job satisfaction in fast-growing industries. • Agri-business • Computers, networking • Health care • Bioprocessing

  8. Farm to Factory to “Pharma” • North Carolina is home to South’s largest biotechnology community, country’s third-highest concentration • #1 in contract research organizations • #2 in ag-bio research & development • #3 in bioprocess manufacturing • #4 in pharmaceutical companies • 7 of top 10 pharmaceutical companies have NC facilities • More than 32,000 employees in 228 companies producing $7 billion a year in revenues • 125,000 jobs projected in North Carolina by 2025

  9. BioNetwork Central Office Capstone Center BioProcessing Center Pharmaceutical Center BioEd Center BioBusiness Center Bio-Ag Center BioNetwork: Components

  10. Bio-Ag Center • Statewide resource to provide: • Enhancements to existing Community College agriculture and agriculture-related curricula • Train-the-trainer sessions for other North Carolina Community Colleges and high schools • New BioAgricultural Technology courses, seminars, and workshops • Specialized curricula for BioAgricultural Technology companies • On-line BioAgricultural Technology courses in partnership with other Community Colleges • Professional development for Community College faculty

  11. NC BioNetwork after One Year Camden Gates Northampton Currituck Alleghany Warren Hertford Pasquotank Person Rockingham Surry Vance Ashe Caswell Stokes Perquimans Halifax Granville Chowan Bertie Watauga Wilkes Franklin Forsyth Yadkin Orange Nash Guilford Avery Durham Dare Tyrrell Edgecombe Alamance Mitchell Martin Washington Alexander Davie Caldwell Wake Yancey Madison Iredell Wilson Davidson Chatham Beaufort Pitt Randolph Burke Hyde Catawba Rowan Greene McDowell Buncombe Johnston Lee Haywood Lincoln Moore Swain Wayne Harnett Rutherford Craven Cabarrus Lenoir Montgomery Graham Henderson Pamlico Jackson Gaston Stanly Cleveland Polk Jones Mecklenburg Cumberland Cherokee Transylvania Macon Clay Sampson Richmond Hoke Duplin Union Onslow Carteret Anson Scotland Bladen Pender Robeson New Hanover Columbus Brunswick • Funded, served or part of consortium: • 44 of 58 community colleges • 80 of 100 counties

  12. Reaching for More • Great first step to baccalaureate education • High-quality courses, teaching faculty, small classes, strong support • Transfer agreements with all UNC campuses, many independent colleges and universities • New two-plus-two programs bring university degrees to community college campuses -- vital for teacher preparation, health • Community college transfer students keep up with “native” students

  13. Starting Early • College Tech Prep; Learn and Earn; Early and Middle College • Huskins Bill • Dual/Concurrent Enrollment • Enrollment for Gifted Under-16

  14. High School Reform Sites(operating and planned) Middle or Early College HS on CC campus Middle or Early College HS on University campus Other New Schools Project site

  15. Distance Learning • Huge and growing fast • More than 150,000 enrollments last year in on-line, broadcast or interactive video • Whole degree programs on-line

  16. Conveners of Public Life • Internationally known photography, pottery, jewelry, furniture, other professional crafts • AFA in music, musical theatre, visual art • Extended, improving courses in for all students, community • Performance/lecture series in college auditoriums • System Office Art Exhibit

  17. We’re About Jobs! • Preparing for good jobs with great futures • Helping North Carolina grow, attract and keep good jobs • Making sure people on the job stay up-to-date

  18. Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina The North Carolina Community College System H. Martin Lancaster, President North Carolina Community College System www.nccommunitycolleges.edu 919-807-7100

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