A report from The Oshkosh Northwestern: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants community colleges and businesses to work together to train 2 million workers in high-growth industries, and recently requested $ 8 billion to create a fund to encourage the effort. Obama’s plan is called the “Community College to Career Fund,” the White House said. [...]
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A report from The Associated Press: Obama to promote job training at community college By KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer – 48 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants community colleges and businesses to work together to train 2 million workers in high-growth industries, and on Monday will request $ 8 billion to [...]
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A report from ABC News: President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to create an $ 8 billion fund to help connect community college students with businesses looking to hire workers for high-growth industries. Obama says the fund could train 2 million workers in sectors like health care, transportation and advanced manufacturing. The fund is [...]
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A report from Huffington Post: After working years as a litigation paralegal, Alison Grazul, 63, found herself a victim of the floundering economy, out of work with four children and declining health. Already equipped with her bachelor’s degree but without sufficient funds to pursue a master’s, Grazul seized the opportunity to pursue a second act. [...]
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A report from Maple Valley Reporter: January 13, 2012 · Updated 6:48 PM comments Email Story Print Story Letter/Editor Green River Community College earlier this week announced three new high-demand job training programs students can complete in 19 weeks, allowing them to qualify for entry-level positions in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing industry. Job seekers [...]
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A report from The Boston – Bay State Banner: Sandra Larson The U.S. Dept. of Labor has awarded a $ 20 million grant to Massachusetts community colleges for programs to help unemployed and displaced workers attain degrees, certificates or other credentials to accelerate their path to re-employment. The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career [...]
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A report from WBAL Baltimore: POSTED: 5:50 pm EDT September 28, 2011UPDATED: 9:44 pm EDT September 28, 2011 ARNOLD, Md. – The federal government is giving Anne Arundel County Community College close to $ 20 million to help develop job training programs.The school is playing a lead role in developing programs across the country, said [...]
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A report from UH System Current News:University of Hawaiʻi Contact: HONOLULU (September 27, 2011) – The University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges (UHCC), a leader in innovative teaching, will receive $ 24.6 million to partner with Hawai‘i’s businesses and state agencies to develop new training programs and support existing ones to provide pathways that lead to [...]
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A report from MiamiHerald.com: Thanks to a partnership between local leaders and a labor union, 39 Opa-locka area residents are receiving three weeks of training to be construction workers. When the training is complete, the workers will get jobs with local contractors on the Magnolia North redevelopment project. The redevelopment, led by the Opa-locka Community [...]
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A report from Warren Reporter:WASHINGTON TWP. — Warren County Community College has a program that makes it easy to take high-quality, noncredit online career training programs. The college’s Continuing Education Department has partnered with ed2go to provide career training programs in addition to professional development courses and announces the launch of Child Development Associate Training [...]
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