The North Carolina Community College System’s latest strategic plan, “Leading Through Change” (2022-2026), places a strong emphasis on several REACH-aligned priorities: enhancing access to community colleges, increasing engagement among adult learners, narrowing achievement gaps, and taking a leading role in promoting diversity. Under the leadership of the NC Student Success Center and the executive leadership team at the System Office, REACH funding and resources are bolstering efforts to make these priorities a reality.
REACH by the numbers
23
Colleges with REACH Pathways
14,739
Adult Learners Enrolled in Pathways
1.14M
Adult Learners of Color Who Could Benefit from Pathways
Participating North Carolina REACH Colleges
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- College of the Albemarle
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Nash Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Wilson Community College
Strengths to Build On
- Pathway Mapping: All colleges successfully completed pathway mapping, engaged with equity coaches, and participated in professional development programs.
- Campus Support for REACH: Participating campuses showed remarkable buy-in for the REACH program, leading to high levels of enthusiasm and commitment.
- Collaborative Focus: College support cohorts foster collaboration as institutions work to integrate policies and practices proven to enhance outcomes for adult learners of color.
Focus for the Future
- Enhance Collaboration: Foster collaboration and resource-sharing by conducting facilitated conversations among System Office staff and core partners to connect various work streams and grants into an integrated framework.
- Two-Day REACH Integration Workshop: Prepare colleges to integrate REACH into their high-priority initiatives by leveraging data and self-assessment to identify a project, process, or practice within the three REACH pillars.
- Cohort-Based Collaboration: Group colleges into cohorts based on the REACH pillars aligned with their work to share impact stories, lessons learned, and adjustments made.
Featured REACH Resources
REACH Brief
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Press Release
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REACH Brief
Credentials to Degrees Pathways
A dive into the first pillar of the REACH Framework: How the REACH states are developing academic pathways of credentials in sequences that align with associate...
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