An amended bill seeking to shift Gov. Roy Cooper’s powers of picking community college boards to the General Assembly is advancing again after action stalled last week.
Wilkes Community College President Jeff Cox will serve as the 11th president of the N.C. Community College System. The system’s board approved the hire Friday. Cox had led the Wilkes campus since 2014.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina’s community college board elevated a local campus president Friday to become the next top executive over its 58 colleges, amid staffing vacancies and legislative efforts to overhaul the governance of one of the country’s largest such systems.
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