Success in today’s global economy may require a two-or four-year degree, a certificate or diploma. Through Career & College Promise (CCP), qualified high-school-age students in North Carolina have the opportunity to pursue these options, tuition free, while they are in high school, allowing them to get a jumpstart on their workplace and college preparation.

If you are a student, parent or high school counselor and want more information on CCP, please click here.

If you are a community college faculty or staff member, please review the information below for additional insight.

CCP provides three pathways to help advance eligible students’ post-high school success:

 

• College Transfer – College transfer pathways provide up to 34 hours of tuition-free course credits toward the Core 44, an agreed-upon 44 hours of college credits that will transfer seamlessly to any public or participating private college or university, saving successful students time and money in pursuing four-year degrees.

• Technical Careers – Earn tuition-free course credits at an NC Community College toward a job credential, certificate or diploma in a technical career.

• Innovative High Schools – Begin earning tuition-free college credits as a high-school student by attending an approved Cooperative Innovative High School.

 

Guidelines/Operating Procedures
Click here to download the Career and College Promise Operating Procedures.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Click here to download the CCP frequently asked questions. Last revised on November 23, 2011.

 

Numbered Memos Related to Career and College Promise
Memorandum #1 State Board Action on October 21, 2011: Career and College Promise Operating Procedures, College Transfer Pathways

Memorandum #2 Instructions for Filing Programs of Study for Spring 2012

Memorandum #3 Instructions for Registering Students for Spring 2012

 

Points of Contact
* For questions regarding College Transfer Pathways, contact Jennifer Frazelle via e-mail or at (919) 807-7120.

* For questions regarding Career Technical Education Pathways, contact Bob Witchger via e-mail or at (919) 807-7126.

* For questions regarding Cooperative Innovative High School Programs, contact Antonio Jordan via e-mail or at (919) 807-7133.