College and career exploration for North Carolina high schools
13th Year™ places interactive college and career kiosks inside North Carolina high schools at no cost to the school. Students explore colleges, skilled trades, military service and careers every school day, and choose to connect with the North Carolina opportunities that fit them.
Built for North Carolina counselors and administrators
For North Carolina counselors & administrators
- No cost to North Carolina high schools. 13th Year™ delivers, installs and supports every kiosk
- Every pathway in one place: colleges, skilled trades, military service and careers
- Supports the Career Development Plan (CDP) by giving students a place to explore every school day
- Built to support your counselors, not burden them
- Easy for administrators to approve: FERPA aligned, no access to your student information system, and no student data sold
- $1,000 a year in scholarships for every partner high school's students
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See how colleges, universities, military recruiters, trade programs and employers reach North Carolina high school students every school day, right inside their schools.
See How Partners Reach StudentsSupporting the Career Development Plan (CDP)
Every middle and high school student in North Carolina's public school districts completes and revises a Career Development Plan (CDP) that connects their interests and education to their career goals. Counselors and Career Development Coordinators help thousands of students keep those plans current.
13th Year™ gives North Carolina students a daily place to explore the colleges, trades, military paths and careers behind their CDP, right inside their own school.
Students explore
At the kiosk before, during and after school, students browse colleges, trades, military service, careers and scholarships.
They bring ideas to their plan
Students arrive at Career Development Plan conversations with interests they have already explored.
They choose to connect
Students who want to learn more connect with North Carolina colleges, programs, recruiters and employers right from the kiosk.
Dual enrollment
Dual enrollment in North Carolina
North Carolina's dual enrollment program is Career and College Promise, authorized under G.S. 115D-20(4). It includes a College Transfer Pathway and a Career and Technical Education Pathway and is also offered through approved Cooperative Innovative High Schools. Currently enrolled North Carolina high school students who meet pathway criteria, including home school and private school students, can take College Transfer and CTE pathway courses, and the North Carolina Community College System describes the program as tuition free to eligible students.
Students who explore careers early can choose between the College Transfer and Career and Technical Education pathways with a clearer sense of where each one leads. Daily exploration, for example on a 13th Year™ kiosk, can help students arrive at that conversation with clearer interests.
Official program information: North Carolina Community College System and NC Department of Public Instruction →
North Carolina questions
Does a 13th Year™ kiosk cost North Carolina high schools anything?
No. Kiosks come at no cost to North Carolina high schools. 13th Year™ delivers, assembles, connects and supports every kiosk. A school needs a spot where students already pass, a standard power outlet and Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
How does 13th Year™ fit with the Career Development Plan (CDP)?
13th Year™ supports, and does not replace, your district's CDP platform and your counselors and Career Development Coordinators. Students explore options at the kiosk every day, so they have more to bring to their CDP each time they revise it.
Do students actually use it?
Yes. Students have logged more than 211,000 interactions with 13th Year™ kiosks so far, exploring colleges, skilled trades, military service, scholarships and careers right in the schools they already attend.
Can North Carolina colleges, trades, military recruiters and employers be featured?
Yes. North Carolina universities and community colleges, skilled trades programs, military recruiters and North Carolina employers can feature their programs, visits and deadlines on the kiosk. Interested students choose to connect, and the partner's team follows up.
Is student information protected?
Yes. The platform is FERPA aligned and designed with student privacy considerations in mind. It does not access the high school's student information system, and no student data is sold. Students choose what they share.
How do we bring 13th Year™ to our North Carolina high school?
Contact the 13th Year™ team. We will walk you through how the kiosk works, find the best spot in your building and handle the installation.
Bring 13th Year™ to your North Carolina high school
Kiosks come at no cost to schools, and 13th Year™ handles the installation and keeps everything running.
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