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Next NC Scholarship is Game Changer for State – That Starts With FAFSA

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Steps to Success: Bite-sized Learning

Commit to Increasing Educational Attainment in 2024

Our 2023 Year in Review

Fall Highlights

Spring Highlights

Budget Passes Senate

myFutureNC: Four Years of Progress

Educational Attainment Priorities Included in Budget Bill

myFutureNC and Sector Partners Receive National Recognition

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Educational Attainment Gains Throughout North Carolina

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myFutureNC March Highlights

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Governor Roy Cooper Proclaims April 2023 as First in FAFSA Month for NC

myFutureNC CEO Cecilia Holden named Winter Commencement speaker at UNCP

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N.C. Reconnect adds five more community colleges to its adult learner initiative

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myFutureNC Releases 2022 County Attainment Profiles

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The 2023-24 FAFSA opens Oct. 1. What do I need to know?

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A Collective Impact Approach to Achieve Our Statewide Educational Attainment Goal – NC Association of Community College Trustees (NCACCT) – September 8, 2022

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2022 North Carolina State of Educational Attainment Report

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Avoid the “Summer Melt”

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Gratitude Series: John M. Belk Endowment

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Credit Suisse Announces $100,000 Grant to myFutureNC

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Industry-Supported Workforce Credentials List Published

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Gratitude Series: Bank of America

NC First in FAFSA 2020-21 Year in Review Report

Wilkes County is on a Mission to Erase the Rural Urban Divide in Attracting Hi-Tech Job Opportunities

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myFutureNC Attainment Trends Workbook Available Now

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Pell Grant Dollars Left on the Table

N.C. High Schools Prioritize 2021 FAFSA Completion to Pave Way for Free or Affordable College for Students

Gratitude Series: Dogwood Health Trust

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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