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N.C. High Schools Prioritize 2021 FAFSA Completion to Pave Way for Free or Affordable College for Students
Gratitude Series: Dogwood Health Trust
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The myFutureNC 2021 Year in Review
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myFutureNC Advisory Board Members Bring Experience to N.C.’s Efforts to Close the Educational Attainment Gap
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A myFutureNC collaborative to reengage and prevent disconnected youth
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Person High School Adviser Creates a College Going Culture to Encourage FAFSA Completion
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Resource for Success: New County Explorer Tool
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Longleaf Commitment Grant: More need-based financial aid in new NC budget
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College Advisers Crucial to Growing FAFSA Completion Rates
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Webinar: Supporting Students with the College-Going Process
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North Carolina Model Offers Promising Statewide Approach to Driving FAFSA Completion
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myFutureNC Webinar: Local Attainment Goal Setting
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FAFSA Application Opens October 1
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Carolina Demography: Guide to North Carolina’s Opportunity Youth
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Meet the new student on campus: Why colleges are focusing on ‘adult learners’
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myFutureNC receives honorable mentions in PIE Network’s Best Collaboration category
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The Hunt Institute Adds 26 New Members to ElevateNC: Higher Education
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myFutureNC Recognizes North Carolina First in FAFSA Innovation Grant Winners
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2021 Educational Attainment Report
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myFutureNC receives sponsorship from Bank of America to help increase post-secondary educational attainment
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Duke Energy helps build North Carolina workforce with $615,000 in grants to community colleges, HBCUs and nonprofits
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New “Better Skills. Better Jobs.” Campaign Launched to Attract More Adult Learners Back to College
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15 Community Collaboratives Selected for myFutureNC Local Educational Attainment Collaborative ncIMPACT Initiative
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myFutureNC Announces New Board Member
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Longleaf Commitment Program Makes College in NC More Affordable
2021 Recommended Legislative Actions
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How will the pandemic shape postsecondary education in North Carolina?
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The pathway to success can take many routes; from education to workforce
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2 million educated by 2030
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Education Matters: NC sets goal for 2M to get postsecondary degree by 2030
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FAFSA Website Maintenance Alters April 10 FAFSA Events 
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FAFSA completions down among NC high school seniors, but turnaround efforts ramp up
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Now Hiring, FAFSA Completions and Final Call to Apply for the Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives
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Listen | myFutureNC and ncIMPACT leaders discuss the need for local attainment efforts and a pilot effort to support collaboratives
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Ofrecen asistencia virtual a estudiantes hispanos para llenar la solicitud Fafsa de ayuda federal
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myFutureNC and LatinxEd Partner for Free Virtual FAFSA Advising Sessions
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The North Carolina Latino Youth Support Network for FAFSAs
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ncIMPACT Launches myFutureNC Local Education Attainment Collaboratives with Partners
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Melissa Caperton, director of regional impact for myFutureNC, was the guest speaker for the session.
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State Leaders Join Together to Make North Carolina First In the Nation in FAFSA Completions
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Video: 2020 in Review and A Look Forward
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Long-time philanthropic leader, David Bohm joins myFutureNC
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MARY ANN WOLF: Empowering students’ lifelong success through Career and Technical Education
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myFutureNC Blog Series: A Legislator Q&A with Rep. James Gailliard, NC House District 25
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The NC Community College System and its 58 Colleges Endorse the myFutureNC Educational Attainment Goal
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myFutureNC Blog Series: Research Review | The $78 Billion Community College Funding Shortfall
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Value of Short-Term Credentials to Employability and Higher Wages
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Inaugural Cohort of ElevateNC: Higher Education Program Announced by The Hunt Institute
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myFutureNC Fall Newsletter
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myFutureNC announces new board members and staff
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NC Trend: Education and employable skills
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How one rural district boosted its FAFSA completion rate to one of the highest in the state
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myFutureNC Blog Series: County Attainment Profiles
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myFutureNC awarded $200,000 grant by Duke Energy Foundation; nonprofit welcomes funder as latest strategic partner
myFutureNC Summer Newsletter
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myFutureNC Blog Series: Innovative Models for Increasing College Enrollment and Completion: McNair Mentors Program
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Many college students could have received help paying for school, but didn’t
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myFutureNC Blog Series: College Foundation of North Carolina | Supporting Students to Plan, Apply, and Pay for College
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Peter Hans, myFutureNC Vice-Chair, named next President of UNC System
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Change The Culture, Fill The Skills Gap
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Learning And Leading Through The Darkness To Assure A Better Tomorrow
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High school seniors: Don’t leave money on the table — fill out the FAFSA
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Free or Affordable College May be Just a Click Away
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Workforce initiatives and COVID-19: Keeping the goals in sight
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FAFSA completion rates: Where does NC stand?
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FAFSA completion is key to postsecondary attainment. Here are 6 ways states can boost their rates.
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myFutureNC Blog Series: A Board Member Q&A with Kevin Howell, Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, Partnerships, and Economic Development, NC State University
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Announcing the North Carolina Postsecondary Leaders Program
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myFutureNC Blog Series: Innovative Models for Increasing College Enrollment and Completion: Land of Sky Consortium
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myFutureNC Blog Series: North Carolina’s Workforce Development Boards | Aligning Attainment Efforts to Workforce Needs
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NCWorks Commission Approves Four-Year Workforce Plan for State
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NCEDA President Patricia Mitchell Reflects on Recent myFutureNC Kickoff
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Where did North Carolina’s educational attainment goal come from?
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NC needs 2 million people with post-high school degrees by 2030. The workforce demands it.
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Perspective | myFutureNC: Localizing the goal
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NCWorks Commission Adopts New Strategic Plan for Building a Job-Ready Workforce
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myFutureNC February 10 Event
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Framing States’ Education Attainment Goals at the Local Level: Leveraging Industry Sector Partnerships
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More skilled workers needed for the jobs of tomorrow: Announcing 5,000 new apprenticeships
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How will we reach our attainment goal? This pilot project hopes to help.
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Two million by 2030 and what it will take to get there
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Ask the Expert: What is Workforce Development?
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myFutureNC: 100 students
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myFutureNC — 2020-2030: A Vision for Attainment
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A vision for attainment: 2 million by 2030
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The Syllabus: A new education data dashboard for North Carolina
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Join us via Livestream at myFutureNC’s Vision for Attainment event
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myFutureNC Names First-Ever President & CEO
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Dan Lunsford: No Student Should Skip FAFSA
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Dale Jenkins Receives 2019 Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award
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As Students Head Back to School, Workforce and Educational Organizations Charge Forward to Close the 400,000-Person Attainment Gap
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FAFSA Now Accepting Applications for 2020-2021 School Year
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Melissa Miranda Discusses MyFutureNC on WPTF Radio
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myFutureNC Quarterly Update: Support Grows for myFutureNC, Statewide Attainment Goal
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Roció González: “Educational Attainment: The Key to the American Dream” (“El Logro Académico: La clave del sueño americano”)
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NC Association of County Commissioners President Announces Initiative in Partnership with myFutureNC
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Leslie Boney: “myFutureNC Critical to Creating Economic Opportunity At Scale”
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Susan Gates Discusses myFutureNC on WPTF Radio
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Higher Ed Works: “Goal: 2 million educated NC workers by 2030”
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Peter Hans: “Community College Ad Campaign Seeks to Boost NC Workforce”
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