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Report: ‘On-Ramp’ Programs Help Working-Class Adults Achieve Upward Mobility

Over 32 million working-class American adults with less than a two-year degree are being left behind in today’s job market. A new category of career “on-ramp” programs can help this group achieve upward mobility by increasing their skills and employability that can successfully help them transition to financially stable careers. That’s the findings in a new report by […]

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New John Wood Community College HVAC Program Approved

To address the shortage of trade skill workers in the area, John Wood Community College (JWCC) in Illinois has added a new Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) program that they hope will help meet that need. The HVAC and Refrigeration Service Technician certificate program was recently approved by the Illinois Community College Board and […]

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Report: Iowa’s Community Colleges See Decrease in Total Enrollment, Increase in Minority Enrollment

According to the Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report, the state’s community college enrollment decreased by 1.2 percent in 2018, while tuition increased.

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Salt Lake Community College Partners with Cummins Inc. to Offer Apprentice Program

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) has partnered with Cummins Inc. to train service technicians pursuing an associate of applied science degree through the Cummins’ Technician Apprentice Program at the Salt Lake’s Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center. The program is a partnership between higher education and industry that offers training for a variation of diesel […]

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Economist Not Accurate in Criticism of Ivy Tech Community College

Developing an economy “built to last” is hard work. It was just a decade ago that numerous Indiana counties hit double digit unemployment rates during the Great Recession. We applauded the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and the local developers in our communities who attracted new jobs, regardless of their pay. These jobs augmented those provided […]

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West Virginia Community College Bill Passes First Step in Legislation Process

Senate Bill 1, legislation designed to provide greater access to community college career education and workforce training, has recently passed the West Virginia Senate Education Committee, but still has a ways to go before the possibility of becoming state legislation. The bill is also presented to the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee before it goes to the […]

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New Workforce Development Program at Onondaga Community College Helps Individuals Prepare for a new Career

SUNY Onondaga Community College is offering a new workforce development program which helps those interested in pursuing a career in trade with workforce development opportunities and short term hands-on training that will help prepare them for a new career. The new program will train students for positions that are in high demand in Syracuse and […]

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Southwestern Michigan College Stops State Lawsuit After New Legislation Passed

A lawsuit filed on Jan. 4 by Southwestern Michigan College (SMC) against the Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General was dropped after a new law changed how community colleges in the state should give to a state-run teacher retirement program. The college decided to file the suit after an investigation by Michigan’s Office of the […]

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Community College of Beaver County gets American Airlines grant

The Community College of Beaver County’s School of Aviation Sciences was one of only 17 aviation schools in the country to receive a grant from American Airlines. The school announced Wednesday that they had once again received a $25,000 grant for being a top “innovative aviation organization.” The funds would go toward the launch of […]

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Federal grant to create jobs-training program at Stonehill College, Bridgewater State

EASTON —A new jobs-training program is coming to Stonehill College courtesy of a $570,000 federal grant and an emerging technology called integrated photonics. By using light, rather than electricity, to transmit and process information, proponents of the technology say it can speed up the transfer of data while using less energy, potentially revolutionizing the storage […]

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Get ready for the ‘new-collar’ workforce, where training can trump the traditional degree

As technology seeps into everything from teaching to manufacturing, skilled workers with two-year degrees in computer science, cyber security and software development are increasingly in demand – and supply is struggling to keep up. Hundreds of thousands of tech industry jobs are going unfilled, and companies are realizing that universities aren’t the only places they’ll […]

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Community college program gives military students credit for their service

Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]

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