North Carolina Community College System
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The North Carolina Community College System is a statewide network of fifty-eight (58) public community colleges and one "technology center." Each college has a distinct governance system and policies. In total, the system enrolls over 800,000 students.
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[edit] History
In 1957, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the first Community College Act and provided funding for community colleges. The same (1957) General Assembly also provided funding to initiate a statewide system of Industrial Education Centers. These centers were to train adults and selected high school students in skills needed by industry. By 1961, there were five public junior colleges emphasizing arts and sciences, and seven industrial education centers focusing on technical and vocational education.
The need to coordinate these two post-high school education systems led Governor Terry Sanford to appoint the Governor's Commission on Education Beyond the High School (Irving Carlyle, chair). In 1962, this commission recommended that the two types of institutions be brought into one administrative organization under the State Board of Education and local boards of trustees. The resulting unified community college system would provide comprehensive post-high school education. One of the system's most important early advocates was Dr. Dallas Herring, then chair of the State Board of Education.
In May 1963, the General Assembly enacted a law establishing a Department of Community Colleges under the State Board of Education. The system celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1988, indicating that 1963 is considered its initiation point. [1]
Effective January 1, 1981, the system was placed under the authority of a new state Board of Community Colleges.[2] The name "department of community colleges" for the central system office was phased out in the late 1990s.
[edit] The constituent colleges
- Alamance Community College, Graham, NC
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville, NC
- Beaufort County Community College, Washington, NC
- Bladen Community College, Dublin, NC
- Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, NC
- Brunswick Community College, Supply, NC
- Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, Hudson, NC
- Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
- Carteret Community College, Morehead City, NC
- Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
- Central Carolina Community College, Sanford, NC
- Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
- Cleveland Community College, Shelby, NC
- Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC
- College of The Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
- Craven Community College, New Bern, NC
- Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC
- Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC
- Edgecombe Community College, Tarboro, NC
- Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC
- Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
- Gaston College, Dallas, NC
- Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC
- Halifax Community College, Weldon, NC
- Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
- Isothermal Community College, Spindale, NC
- James Sprunt Community College, Kenansville, NC
- Johnston Community College, Smithfield, NC
- Lenoir Community College, Kinston, NC
- Martin Community College, Williamston, NC
- Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC
- McDowell Technical Community College, Marion, NC
- Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC
- Montgomery Community College, Troy, NC
- Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, NC
- Pamlico Community College, Grantsboro, NC
- Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, NC
- Pitt Community College, Greenville, NC
- Randolph Community College, Asheboro, NC
- Richmond Community College, Hamlet, NC
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College, Ahoskie, NC
- Robeson Community College, Lumberton, NC
- Rockingham Community College, Wentworth, NC
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC
- Sampson Community College, Clinton, NC
- Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC
- South Piedmont Community College, Polkton, NC
- Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC
- Southwestern Community College, Sylva, NC
- Stanly Community College, Albemarle, NC
- Surry Community College, Dobson, NC
- Tri-County Community College, Murphy, NC
- Vance-Granville Community College, Henderson, NC
- Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC
- Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC
- Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, NC
- Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC
- Wilson Technical Community College, Wilson, NC
In addition, private schools such as NASCAR Technical Institute and the School of Communication Arts (SCA) are licensed by the North Carolina Community College System to award Associate in Applied Science degrees.[3]
[edit] System presidents
The North Carolina Community College System has had six presidents, originally called Directors of the department of community colleges:
- I. E. Ready (1963-1970)
- Ben E. Fountain, Jr. (1971-1978)
- Larry J. Blake (1979-1982)
- Robert W. Scott (1983-1995)
- Lloyd V. Hackley (1995-1997)
- Martin Lancaster (1997-present)
In addition, Charles R. Holloman served in an acting capacity from September, 1978 to July, 1979.
In 2007, Martin Lancaster announced that he would retire in 2008. A search for a new president, who would start as "president-elect" working under Lancaster, is ongoing.[4] [5]
[edit] References
- ^ History of the North Carolina Community College System
- ^ North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges
- ^ http://www.higherdigital.com/abouttheschool3.htm#accreditation
- ^ Presidential Search
- ^ http://www.newsobserver.com/659/story/560229.html
