Community Colleges

Community Colleges: With manufacturing jobs leaving North Carolina, former employees are seeking re-training. That has led to enrollment at the state’s community colleges growing by 25% since 2000. Some of the schools have been overwhelmed and had to turn students away. Host Melinda Penkava speaks with Scott Ralls, President of Craven Community College; George Vaughan, Editor of the Community College Review; Laura Leslie, reporter at WUNC; and Valerie Jones, Chair of Arts and Sciences Department at Pamlico Community College, about the future of North Carolina’s community colleges. (56:00)

Essay: Writer Sarah Dessen got a new car. Fancier then she expected, it includes a personal navigation system. At first she was skeptical, but eventually she came around. Here’s how she learned to love her car’s personal navigation system. (3:00)

Listen Here

Comments are closed.