Gov. Perdue on Wednesday attended a class and met with students at the Surry Early College High School of Design on Surry Community College’s campus in Dobson. North Carolina is the national leader when it comes to Early Colleges, with 70 locations. Students enrolled in this incredible program attend high school on a college campus for five years and finish with a high school diploma and two years of transferable college credit or an associate degree – at no cost to the student.
Gov. Perdue met with Principal Celia Hodges, Community College President Dr. Deborah Friedman, members of the college’s board, and other local education officials. Most importantly, Gov. Perdue got to sit in on a very impressive biology class taught by Jeff Edwards. Students told the Governor about being excited to “get a really good head start on life” and about how North Carolina’s Early College program makes higher education affordable to them. Innovative programs are important to Gov. Perdue’s goal of putting higher education within reach for all North Carolinians.
