Resources
Below is a curated set of resources related to educational attainment in North Carolina.
Analysis of North Carolina’s Progress on Educational Attainment
- Educational Attainment Report, myFutureNC, September 1, 2021
- North Carolina’s Leaky Educational Pipeline. Carolina Demography. February 2019. (and this related video)
Career Assessment and Exploration
Data on Educational Attainment for North Carolina
- Data Dashboard. myFutureNC
- Attainment Trends Workbook (NEW). myFutureNC
- County Attainment Profiles. myFutureNC
- County Explorer Tool. myFutureNC
- First in FAFSA tracker. myFutureNC
- NC attainment data. Lumina Foundation
- NC School Report Cards (data on NC K-12 schools, counties and districts). NC Department of Public Instruction
Employer Collaboration
- Trade Pipeline Management Program. NC Chamber
- Sector Strategies. NC Department of Commerce
- Cape Fear Manufacturing Partnership
Financial Assistance for Postsecondary Education
- College Foundation of NC Scholarship Search Tool
- Finish Line Grant Program
- Longleaf Commitment Program
National Educational Attainment Resources
- America Succeeds
- Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce
- OneTen
- National Scan of Postsecondary Attainment Practices. Liston Consulting, LLC for NcIMPACT and myFutureNC, August 2021.
Notable Local Efforts to Strengthen NC’s Educational Attainment
- Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives Initiative, ncIMPACT and myFutureNC
- Anita Brown-Graham, David Brown, Emily Williamson Gangi, Nathalie Santos. BrightSpots: Innovative Efforts to Accelerate Educational Attainment across North Carolina. School of Government The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Feb. 2019.
- Student U (Durham, NC)
Statewide Policies, Initiatives and Analysis on Promoting Attainment
- Attainment for All: Postsecondary Pathways, Overcoming the Cumulative Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Across the Education Continuum. The Hunt Institute. 2022.
- First in Talent, NC Department of Commerce. July 2021
- Career Coaching Program, NC Community College System
- College Advising Corps
- DRIVE Task Force. Office of the Governor of North Carolina
- Food Insecurity – North Carolina Postsecondary Education Food Insecurity. The Hunt Institute., March 2021.
- Guided [Career] Pathways. NC Community College System
- Hunt-Lee Commission. The Hunt Institute
- Jobs for North Carolina’s Graduates. Communities in Schools North Carolina
- Leandro Case. The Public School Forum
- Project Kitty Hawk – Project Kitty Hawk Takes Flight. Higher Ed Works, November 17, 2021
- Reentry to Resilience. Communities in Schools North Carolina
- Workforce Credentials of Value (video; linked resources). ncIMPACT
- What Adult Learners are Teaching Community College, EdNC, February 7, 2022.
Student Planning and Supports Promoting Attainment
- Find Help (formerly Aunt Bertha)
- Single Stop – Addressing Students’ Basic Needs to Promote Postsecondary Success EdNC, December 2, 2019
- So Much Potential – College planning assistance regardless of immigration status (with NC-specific resources)
- Supporting Students in Navigating Trauma/Stress, and the Impact on the College-Going Process. MyFutureNC (video webinar)
- MENTOR (Searchable database) – find a mentorship program near you
- Becoming a Better Mentor: Strategies to Be There for Young People. MENTOR.
Work-Based Learning
- Work-Based Learning Navigator. NC Business Committee on Education
- ApprenticeshipNC. NC Community College System
- MENTOR (Searchable database) – find a mentorship program near you