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28 March 2017
EDU 811
State Governance of North Carolina Community Colleges
North Carolina Community Colleges have oversight at the state level through the State Board of
Community Colleges. The state “has assigned the 58 public community colleges to the State
Board of Community Colleges with full authority to adopt all policies, regulations, and standards
deemed necessary for operation…” of the system (Craven Community College). Given this
statement, the state board appears to have broad oversight and governing power over the
community colleges in the state of North Carolina. The current form of the governing board was
The colleges system has a process in place for the appointments of members for the state
board. Currently, the state board is comprised by four members appointed by the state senate,
four members appointed by the state house, one member from each of the Trustee Association
Regions, of which there are six and are comprised by grouped counties (North Carolina General
Assembly), three members appointed by the governor, one member appointed by the North
members are ex officio members, one is the state’s lieutenant governor and the other is the state
My current research has not yielded any results that indicate any changes to the state’s
governance structure in reference to the community colleges in North Carolina. However, a bill
has recently passed the state house which could limit the Governor’s ability to appoint members
to the governing boards at specific community colleges (Charlotte News & Observer, 2017).
References
Charlotte News & Observer. (2017, March 2). Gov. Roy Cooper would lose judicial, community
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-
politics/article136069903.html
Craven Community College. (n.d.). North Carolina community college system. Retrieved from
https://cravencc.edu/about/north-carolina-community-college-system/
North Carolina Community Colleges. (n.d.). Members of the state board of community colleges.
community-colleges/members-state-board-community-colleges
North Carolina Community Colleges. (n.d.). Mission & history. Retrieved from
http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/mission-history
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_115D/
GS_115D-62.pdf