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Local community colleges receive more than $339K for workforce training

Three western Mass. community colleges are receiving more than $339,000 in state grants to train adults for jobs in health ...
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“Community Colleges Have Become Central to How America Solves Its Problems at the Local Level.”

The leader of the American Association of Community Colleges makes the case for these essential institutions as anchors of ...
Los Angeles Times

Some local community colleges offer mental health services to dual-enrolled high school students

Did you know that some local community colleges offer mental health services to high school students who enroll in at least one community college class during a semester? Through dual enrollment and ...
Forbes

Community Colleges: The Engine Of Opportunity

Community colleges drive economic opportunity and mobility across the country. Tori Kendrick, Grads of Life’s Senior Director of Thought Leadership, reflects on their critical role in closing the ...
Harvard Business School

The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap

To close America’s chronic middle skills gap, U.S. employers have to partner much more actively than in the past with local community colleges. Due to waves of disruptive automation, the nature of ...
HR Dive

Community colleges are training the next generation of manufacturing workers

The manufacturing industry has long bemoaned the decline of its workforce. Yet today’s manufacturing educational pathways look much like they did in the ‘80s, when hiring numbers began declining. One ...