{"id":2461225,"date":"2025-07-14T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-returns-to-campus-through-focused-unc-system-program-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:55:02","slug":"apple-returns-to-campus-through-focused-unc-system-program-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-returns-to-campus-through-focused-unc-system-program-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple returns to campus through focused UNC System program &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-returns-to-campus-through-focused-unc-system-program-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2461225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a program by the University of North Carolina (UNC) System in partnership with ReUp Education aimed at helping students who left college without completing their degrees to return and finish their education. It highlights the story of Dan Apple, who left UNC Greensboro in 1990 to work but later wished to complete his degree as he encountered colleagues with advanced education in his career. Re-enrolling through the program at age 55, Apple found the process easy and the courses now heavily technology-driven. As 2023,over 600 students have earned degrees through this initiative,supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reconciliation-bill-includes-free-community-college-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Reconciliation Bill Includes Free Community ... Tuition For Illegal Immigrants\">state financial aid<\/a>,demonstrating UNC&#8217;s commitment to adult learners and those resuming their studies after interruptions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Apple returns to campus through focused UNC System program<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2173429\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; In 1990, Dan Apple was more than halfway through his undergraduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">education<\/a> at the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Carolina<\/a> at Greensboro when he decided to leave school for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mistakenly thought that I knew everything and would be fine without finishing college,&rdquo; Apple told The Center Square. &ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t take long to figure out that it wasn&rsquo;t true. But by that time, I&rsquo;ve had a wife, I had a kid, responsibilities. House payments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3470198\/watch-live-trump-white-house-faith-office-luncheon\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump attends White House Faith Office luncheon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3470064\/white-house-trump-kevin-hassett-china-trade-data\/\">White House shrugs off stronger-than-expected trade data from China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3470143\/katie-hobbs-investigation-grand-canyon-fire\/\">Katie Hobbs calls for investigation into federal decision to let Grand Canyon fire burn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Apple, co-valedictorian of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-approves-tentative-deal-students-to-return-to-classrooms\/\" title=\"Chicago Teachers Union Approves Tentative Deal, Students To ... To Classrooms\">high school class<\/a>, did well in the business world without a degree, working first as a dispatcher for a trucking company and later owning a freight brokerage company. More recently, he has worked as a project manager for a precast concrete company.<\/p>\n<p>As he grew older, Apple began to wish that he had finished college.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many of the people I deal with are engineers,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There are people with master&rsquo;s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-isnt-responsible-for-my-student-loans-i-am\/\" title=\"America Isn\u2019t Responsible For My Student Loans. I Am\">business administration degrees<\/a>. There are lawyers. There is just a myriad of higher education that I am dealing with every day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He is not alone. There are an estimated 1 million North Carolinians who left college before earning their degree, according to the National Student Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n<p>The University of North Carolina System is working with a company, ReUp Education, to help students like Apple return to college even decades after they left. Ten universities in the UNC System are participating, including UNC Greensboro, where Apple has reenrolled thanks to guidance from the program.<\/p>\n<p>He expects to earn his degree by the end of this year at the age of 55.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I sent in a request for information and within minutes I got an e-mail and we set up a time for a phone call,&rdquo; Apple said. &ldquo;It was a super easy process to get started. All my questions were answered immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His first class was a summer course in U.S. History. It was a lot different than the college classes he remembered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world changed from 1990 to 2024,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;There was no such thing as a laptop computer when I quit college. Now we are doing everything online.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This time around, Apple has taken his college classes much more seriously than he did in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am a much better student than I ever was,&rdquo; Apple said.<\/p>\n<p>Shun Robertson, the system&rsquo;s senior vice president for Policy and Strategy told the Center Square&nbsp;University System President Peter Hans has a &ldquo;keen interest&rdquo; in adult learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3435968\/biden-autopen-use-dc-widespread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIDEN AUTOPEN USE IN DC WAS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 2023, more than 600 North Carolina students have earned their degrees through the Reup program, Robertson said. The Legislature has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >funded financial aid options<\/a> for the returning students as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are students who have already invested in their education but had to pause before completing their degree,&rdquo; Robertson said. &ldquo;ReUp gives us a proactive way to say, &lsquo;We haven&rsquo;t forgotten about you. 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