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Convene. Create. Catalyze.

The Belk Center serves North Carolina’s community colleges by convening leaders, creating tools, and catalyzing social and economic mobility for learners – building stronger, more resilient communities.

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Collaboration advancing student access and student success in North Carolina

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Our Mission

We believe collaboration drives systemic change. That’s why the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research serves as a meeting place for the people and ideas furthering more evidence-based community college outcomes. Working with educators, researchers, policymakers and other key stakeholders from across North Carolina and the country, we distill knowledge into actionable insights, create opportunities for collaboration, and equip community college leaders to tackle their most pressing issues.

Belk Center for Community College Leadership Our Mission
The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at North Carolina State University was a key resource and led many of the breakout sessions during the North Carolina Community College System Conference held at the Raleigh Convention Center on Monday, October 14, 2024. The center provided their staff and faculty with head shots and a team photo. Additionally, the meeting was documented by photographing the meeting and staging some working/people-in-action images for marketing and communications.

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We work with colleges, educators, and policymakers to advance student outcomes within individual institutions and at the state level.

Our history.

North Carolina’s community colleges, like our peers across the nation, are facing a critical leadership shortage. Learn more about why the Belk Center was created and how we’re working to develop a pipeline of exceptional community college leaders to guide our institutions into the future.

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June 16, 2025

Belk Center Announces Jason Wood to Deliver the 2025 Dallas Herring Lecture

The Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research is pleased to announce that Jason Wood, Ph.D., president of Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (Southwest Tech), will deliver the 2025 Dallas…

March 17, 2025

Belk Center Fellows Convene at Annual Innovations Conference

Last week, seven Belk Center Fellows had the opportunity to attend the League for Innovation in the Community College’s annual Innovations Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Launched in 2017 through…

February 18, 2025

Belk Center Fellows Attend Annual DREAM Conference

This week, community college practitioners from across the country gathered in Philadelphia, Pa., for DREAM 2025 – Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) flagship event. Among the attendees were four Belk Center…

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