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N.C. Governor Announces $7 M for Workforce Training

North Carolina community college students hit by an unexpected financial crunch could have a new option to help them complete their degree. Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday he’s tapping into a federal program that could provide grants of up to $1,000 per semester for students close to finishing their degree or credential. Cooper’s office says […]

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Companies, Colleges in Partnerships for Emerging Technology

As recent graduates enter the workforce, many employers are not as confident in the skills these new entrants bring with them. Only 35 percent of employers report feeling confident that new recruits are well prepared with hard technical skills and “soft skills” such as complex problem-solving and analytical reasoning, according to a recent Bloomberg Next report. “Business and academia are […]

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Employers: No Degree? No Problem

Nine in 10 employers report being ready to accept candidates without four-year college degrees to fill positions in an increasingly tight labor market. Companies are open to hiring candidates with a recognized certification (66 percent), a certificate (66 percent), an online degree from massive open online courses (47 percent) or a digital badge (24 percent) […]

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College Will Launch Apprenticeships

Elgin Community College this fall is partnering with local businesses to launch apprenticeship programs in industrial maintenance and nursing assistance. Officials plan to run a small pilot program with up to five students in each program. A few other suburban community colleges offer apprenticeship programs, which are in demand nationally. “This initiative is part of […]

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Report: L.A. Trade-Tech Officials Got $157,000 for Undetailed Work

Five years ago, the Los Angeles Community College District won one of its biggest federal grants: $19.2 million to help students gain training and skills for the fast-growing healthcare industry. Los Angeles Trade-Technical College was selected to lead the effort on behalf of the district’s nine community colleges and industry partners. Trade-Tech President Laurence Frank […]

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JP Morgan Chase Helps Fund College Targeting Chicago’s Latino Community

JPMorgan Chase is helping to bankroll a new two-year college to prepare low-income Chicagoans for jobs in nursing and other high-demand fields. Instituto College, to open this fall, is being developed by Instituto del Progreso Latino, a nonprofit community organization that provides workforce development and other services to the city’s Latino community. The $500,000 contribution from […]

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Michigan Governor Signs $100 M ‘Marshall Plan for Talent’

Will $100 million help to fill Michigan’s talent pipeline, give employers the skilled workers they need but can’t find, and enhance a education system to better prepare students and teachers in an ever-changing economy? Gov. Rick Snyder is hoping all of that will be accomplished as he signed into law the Marshall Plan for Talent […]

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Google Expanding I.T. Support Program

Today’s red-hot job market demands new approaches to skill building, and community colleges find themselves on the front lines of this workforce-development challenge. This is especially true when it comes to the growing share of jobs that are technology related and hinge on rapidly-evolving skillsets—which today make up more than a quarter of all job openings, according […]

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Google Works with Colleges to Train I.T. Force

Google is going back to college. The company announced today that it is bringing its IT Support Professional Certificate to over 25 community colleges to help graduates get in on the estimated 150,000 well-paying jobs currently open in IT departments around the country. The program will be available in the 2018-2019 school year. Google will also help workforce […]

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9 Kentucky Trooper Cadets Earn Degrees

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State Police announced a hiring policy change a year ago that allows trooper cadet applicants to earn college credit while attending the training academy. State police say the change is paying dividends and nine cadets in the current academy class have earned associate’s degrees. The Bluegrass Community and Technical College degrees […]

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Training Evolves to Keep Up with Manufacturing

The world of manufacturing is changing rapidly and to get the next generation ready for how things are done now, Danville Community College is updating its precision machining and manufacturing programs. Troy Simpson, director of advanced manufacturing at DCC, updated members of the Southern Piedmont Technology Council on new trends and ways to prepare the […]

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Colleges Help Fill Aerospace Gear Maker’s Openings

A Windsor company that builds precision aerospace gears has expanded its manufacturing space by 24,000 square feet and hired two dozen machinists to keep pace with the industry’s upswing. Aero Gear, founded in 1982, plans to hire another 15 to 20 people over the next year to work in the new space, which brings its Day […]

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