Higher Education in Action

Partnerships between secondary schools and higher education institutions are key to helping students see what's ahead in their learning. Check out the profiles below to see how community colleges and universities are engaging with students and teachers in North Carolina New Schools partner STEM schools.

• Collaboration Creates Winning Programs
  East Carolina University Connects with Wayne School of Engineering

  Universities are sometimes seen as ivory towers. But at East Carolina University, a vibrant partnership with Wayne School of Engineering in Goldsboro is helping change that image. Beginning in the fall of 2010, ECU and WSE, an North Carolina New Schools-partner school, have collaborated on two projects to foster powerful teaching and learning at the school. Project HEART, funded through the AmeriCorps, connected WSE seniors as tutors to students in need. And a focus on customized professional development for teachers through the Learning Community project has brought best practices into the classroom.

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• Duke Today | Coastal High School Students Do Blue Crab Research With Duke Faculty
  Mattamuskeet Early College High School Joins in Partnership

  High school students from Morehead City and Swan Quarter will soon be working alongside Duke University researchers to study blue crab behavior and its implications for the endangered whooping crane. Dan Rittschof, L.H. Snowdon Professor of Ecology at Duke University Marine Lab, will lead the research effort, which will be assisted by students from Cape Lookout Marine Science High School and North Carolina New Schools partner Mattamuskeet Early College High School.

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