Partners in Economic Transformation for Rural North Carolina

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• 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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Legacy of Learning

• 1789 North Carolina charters nations first
  public university
• 1958 North Carolina creates IECs, customized
  industry training
• 1963 North Carolina creates comprehensive
  community college system

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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

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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

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Nurturing EntrepreneursSmall 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.

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Nurturing EntrepreneursNew Crops and Methods

• 19 curriculum programs plus continuing education
• Grapes and wine
• Sustainable agriculture
• Horses, swine, poultry
• Turf grass, horticulture, landscaping
• Aquaculture
• Forest, wood

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Preparing to Work

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

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Farm to Factory to Pharma

• North Carolina is home to Souths largest
  biotechnology community, countrys 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

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BioNetwork Components

• BioNetwork Central Office
• Capstone Center
• BioProcessing Center
• Pharmaceutical Center
• BioEd Center
• BioBusiness Center
• Bio-Ag Center

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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

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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
Nash
Orange
Guilford
Avery
Dare
Durham
Tyrrell
Edgecombe
Alamance
Mitchell
Martin
Alexander
Washington
Davie
Caldwell
Wake
Yancey
Madison
Iredell
Wilson
Chatham
Davidson
Beaufort
Pitt
Randolph
Burke
Hyde
Catawba
Rowan
Greene
Buncombe
Johnston
McDowell
Lee
Haywood
Lincoln
Moore
Swain
Wayne
Harnett
Rutherford
Craven
Cabarrus
Lenoir
Montgomery
Graham
Henderson
Pamlico
Gaston
Jackson
Stanly
Cleveland
Polk
Jones
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Cherokee
Macon
Transylvania
Clay
Richmond
Sampson
Hoke
Duplin
Union
Onslow
Anson
Carteret
Scotland
Bladen
Pender
Robeson
New
Hanover
Columbus
Brunswick

• Funded, served or part of consortium
• 44 of 58 community colleges
• 80 of 100 counties

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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

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Starting Early

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

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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
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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

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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

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Were 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

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• 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