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4/7/2025

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State Board of Community Colleges discusses Hurricane Helene Emergency Scholarship grants

Contents Update on accreditation and legislative session Student success initiatives Update on presidential searches Last fall, the General Assembly established a Hurricane Helene Emergency Grant Program for postsecondary students to provide grants of up to $2,500 to eligible students experiencing financial hardship due to Helene.…


The Editor’s Notes

An update on FAFSA from our colleagues at myFutureNC…

The National FAFSA Tracker shows that North Carolina’s high school class of 2025 is outpacing the class of 2024’s FAFSA rate with more than 44,000 students already completing the FAFSA this year.

NCSEAA and CFNC have also updated the NC FAFSA Tracker. Please take a few minutes to check it out!

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Mebane Rash
Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC.

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