<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/comprehensive-articulation-agreement.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>09/03/2021</pubDate><title>NC Education Leaders Address Increasing Statewide Teacher Pipeline, Articulation Agreement Creates a New Pathway ﻿From Community Colleges to UNC</title><description>9.3.21 North Carolina education leaders signed an agreement to address the critical teacher shortage in the state. President Thomas Stith of the North Carolina Community College System and President Peter Hans of the University of North Carolina System made a joint announcement of their new Comprehensive Articulation Agreement to increase opportunities for community college students to transfer to teacher education programs within the UNC System. It is effective fall 2021.</description><author/><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><summary/></item>