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Top 5% for Research<\/h2>\n

\n Our College of Education consistently ranks among the nation’s top schools in active research grants.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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276,389 Youth Participants<\/h2>\n

\n Each year, NC State Extension \u2014 which we run in tandem with N.C. A&T \u2014 engages hundreds of thousands of youth through its 4-H program. \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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#1 Producer <\/h2>\n

\n No one produces more STEM educators and community college leaders in North Carolina than NC State.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Supporting the Colleges That Serve Our Communities<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

The College of Education\u2019s Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research partners with North Carolina\u2019s 58 community colleges to fuel success for students and faculty across the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Mining Data to Boost Collaborative Learning in Educational Games<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Researchers are applying data mining techniques to analyze the effectiveness of \u2014 and make real-time improvements to \u2014 educational games.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Three Students Making FFA Impacts Statewide<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Meet three NC\u00a0State students \u2014 each passionate about agricultural education, leadership and service \u2014 who are making a statewide impact as North Carolina FFA State Officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Leaders<\/h2>\n

North Carolina Science Olympiad \u2014 the largest K-12 STEM competition in the state and the largest program of its kind in the entire nation \u2014 is an NC\u00a0State program that aims to help North Carolina attract and retain students entering STEM degrees and careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n

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Twenty Years of Innovation in Education<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

From the expansion of the World Wide Web to the dawn of artificial intelligence, the William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation has been there to help educators prepare generations of students for the technology and careers of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Citizen Science Inspires Kids to Take Local Action<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

NC State researchers found that a program designed to get Girl Scouts involved in citizen science not only taught girls about the process of science, but also motivated them to tackle scientific or environmental problems in their communities.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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As institutions increasingly identify themselves as \u201cmilitary-friendly,\u201d they tend to concentrate their support and resources primarily on veterans, with little mention of spouses.\u00a0At the Belk Center for Community College Leadership, researchers are working to help change that.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Education Interdisciplinary Research Hubs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The College of Education has formed five interdisciplinary research hubs that cut across disciplines to generate creative and innovative solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges in education \u2014 including advancing STEM participation, growing civic engagement, reducing reading gaps in low-income schools, ensuring well-being and access in rural communities, and improving teacher retention in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n

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