A group of leadership and health sciences faculty from Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) recently visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to explore service-learning study abroad opportunities for health sciences students in partnership with Trinity School of Medicine. In 2021, CGTC began a partnership with Trinity School of Medicine, whose main campus is located on […]
Skills Gap Articles
Meeting the demand for microcredentials
The demand for microcredentials is increasing. About 54% of U.S. employers surveyed in 2021 said they view microcredentials as extremely/very important, a report by Wiley Education Services and Future Workplace found. That’s compared with 20% of employers in 2019 who said it was something they would consider in place of a college degree when hiring candidates. At the […]
Recovery, refuge and new skills
Somerset Community College (SCC) has teamed up with a program that helps women recover from sexual exploitation and human trafficking. The collaborative project teaches 3D printing at Refuge for Women in Lexington, Kentucky, for its small business called Survivor Made, which creates candles, leather goods and jewelry. Taiber Glotz, 28, has gained new 3D printing […]
‘Life-changing’ program builds on participants’ strengths
For most of his life, John Beaulieu hardly spoke. Years ago, a neurologist diagnosed him as having a frontal lobe that didn’t develop all the way – and he struggled with human interaction. His mother, Cynthia Reed spent countless hours, days, weeks and months searching the Internet for a program that could help. Then came […]
Partnership creates truck driver training for refugees
Somali and Afghan refugees are getting the training they need to pursue family-sustaining wage employment through a partnership between Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) and the Hidden Talent Project from the Bay Area Workforce Development Board. The project is funded by more than $1.6 million from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development through the Worker […]
A central role in reducing K-12 teacher shortage
K-12 teacher shortages are a continuing and growing challenge throughout our nation. In Illinois, for example, the estimated shortage of teachers, substitute teachers and other staff positions in 2021 was 6,200, up from 4,800 in the previous year. Similar data are reported from many other states. It is not only an issue of quantity but […]
Ready for careers of service
Sometimes the best qualified individuals to help marginalized communities or people in need are the ones that have also walked in those shoes. Compton College recently held a graduation ceremony for its first cohort of individuals who participated in Careers for a Cause, an eight-week pre-employment training program that prepares Los Angeles County residents to […]
New program, endless possibilities
Wayne Community College (WCC) in North Carolina is adding a new major in what is projected to be one of the fastest growing fields through the end of the decade. The entertainment technology program, which will start in the fall 2022 semester, will train the broadcast, sound and video technicians that the U.S. Bureau of […]
Building on the teacher education pathway
Substitute teachers were never more important than during the Covid-19 pandemic when some schools were forced to shut down due to teacher and staff absences. In Missouri, a person seeking to become a substitute teacher was required to have completed at least 60 college credit hours. In the fall of 2021, the State Board of […]
Partnership produces pre-apprenticeship program
Five Calvert County Public School seniors who recently graduated from high school also graduated as pre-apprenticeship electrical helpers from the College of Southern Maryland’s (CSM’s) Regional Hughesville Campus Center for Trades and Energy Training on June 14. The students’ accomplishments were a result of their hard work and a partnership between CSM, Calvert County Public […]