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Automakers Broaden Efforts to Help Train, Keep Service Techs

Warren DeBardelaben, Nissan North America’s director of dealer support, has overseen the automaker’s service technician training program since 2006. In that time, he says, more than 5,000 techs have graduated from it. “And it’s still not enough,” DeBardelaben told Fixed Ops Journal. “We’re still short.” About 9,500 upper-level service technicians work at the automaker’s Nissan […]

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Higher Ed Act Turns 10: How Landscape Has Changed

Ten years ago, on August 14, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the last comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). This took place during the buildup to a financial crisis that ultimately cost 8.7 million American jobs. Now, with mounting college costs and loan […]

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Website Links Students to Middle-Skill Jobs

SAN DIEGO – A website launched by community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties is designed to allow students to more easily explore local middle-skill educational and job opportunities. Middle-skill jobs require more education than high school but less than a four-year degree. The website highlights the region’s nine fastest- growing industry sectors: advanced […]

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College Receives $200,000 Industry Grant for Power Line Technology

Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas have invested $200,000 in Cape Fear Community College’s Power Line Technician Program. The funds will connect students with hands-on training and career development opportunities. In addition, the investment will be help cover the cost of tuition and equipment such as trucks, trailers, poles and line worker toolkits. “There is […]

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Researchers Ask If Libraries Can Do More

Libraries offer a refuge where students study, find books or take the occasional nap. But could these places soon provide additional services beyond homework help? A new report this week explores whether libraries can play a more proactive role in helping community college students succeed. Researchers started by first asking 37 students from seven community […]

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Virginia Program Trains for High-Demand Jobs

MARTINSVILLE–If you want training for a high-demand, well-paying job, Patrick Henry Community College is ready to help. The college was one of five selected to launch a $2 million initiative to attract young adults in Virginia to high-demand jobs through FastForward training programs. The effort will link training, career coaching and job placement services to […]

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Amazon Teams With Colleges on Cloud Computing Certificate

Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Web Services is collaborating with 19 Los Angeles-area community colleges and high schools to launch a regionally recognized cloud computing certificate. The collaboration, the California Cloud Workforce Project, is the first time a group of community colleges have offered a cloud computing certificate in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), according […]

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NJ County Weighs Jumping on the ‘Free’ Bandwagon

Sussex County Community College officials are weighing the pros and cons of a new initiative announced by Gov. Phil Murphy that would offer free tuition to participating state community colleges for low-income students. SCCC President Jon Connolly said Wednesday night that details of the Community College Innovation Challenge, a pilot program launched Tuesday, are still […]

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First Inmates Graduate from Wesleyan Program

CHESHIRE, Conn. — Roberto Alvarado has lived with the label of convicted killer for almost two decades. On Wednesday he added another label – college graduate. Alvardao, who is serving a 50-year felony murder sentence for a 1999 shooting in Danbury, received an associate of science degree. He is part of the first graduating class […]

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Missing Link

On July 19, President Trump signed an executive order to prioritize workforce development and readiness in the United States.   The president deserves credit for calling attention to the widening gap between the skill demands of 21st-century employers and the preparedness of graduates from American high schools, colleges and universities.   My colleagues and I regularly conduct roundtables […]

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How Colleges Help Fill Need for Drivers

The trucking industry is responding to the driver squeeze in a myriad of ways, from increasing pay per mile to offering competitive sign-on bonuses, as FreightWaves has reported. While carriers continue to try make the job appealing to drivers, community colleges across the nation are also doing their part to fight against the shortage. By creating fast-track courses, students can […]

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How Community College Helps to Fill Indiana’s 85,000 Open Jobs

For students at any Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indiana, the opportunity to train on Silicon Valley’s latest software is just a classroom away. Ivy Tech, the nation’s largest single-accreditation college system, with over 170,000 students across 40 campuses in the Midwestern state, is using workforce development partnerships with 15 of the leading technology companies in […]

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