At 19, Dalton Sasin’s wizardry with a welding wand is taking him places. This month, he begins a 20-week specialized welding training program in Port Arthur with Cheniere Energy, who recruited him right out of high school. “It’s extra training that’s going to help me down the road, so I’m looking forward to it,” said […]

Some of the first graduates of the commercial driver license (CDL) program taught through the new Wallace State Community College-Oneonta Center are looking forward to hitting the road and starting new careers. Kalob Suttles, Jeremy Deale, Samuel Schwitz and Donnie McKay each recently completed the Alabama college’s four-week program, earning their chance to begin working […]

Training for high-wage jobs is now within reach for many Kentucky residents. The Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship (WRKS) provides free tuition for programs in five high-demand fields: health care, advanced manufacturing, transportation/logistics, business services/information technology and construction/trades. As workforce demand changes, this list of fields may change, too. Many colleges in the Kentucky Community and […]

You’ve heard of blue collar and white collar jobs, and middle-skills jobs. Now there are “New Collar” jobs, and IBM is partnering with community colleges to prepare people for these in-demand tech jobs. In addition to collaborating on curricula design for next generation IT skills, IBM will work with community colleges near its major U.S. […]

Today, there are more than 2 million apps available for your smart phone. More community college students will have an opportunity to learn how to code and design new apps with Apple’s app development curriculum. Starting this fall, six community college systems will be among the first to offer Apple’s one-year App Development with Swift […]

Butler County Community College (BC3) sophomore Ross Black has his sights set on that which the naked eye can’t see, matter 100,000 times thinner than the width of a human hair. Then and only then will he be able to learn to manipulate atoms and molecules in preparation for a career in nanotechnology – be […]

A bill introduced last week in the House would designate certain coastal community colleges as maritime workforce training centers to help industry employers find much-need skilled workers. “In our district, we have a surplus of maritime jobs and not enough people with the skills and training to fill them,” said Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), one […]

More than 700 community colleges have received Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants from the U.S. Department of Labor. TAACCCT helps community colleges and other eligible higher education institutions better deliver education and career training programs, preparing more people for employment in high-wage, high-skill occupations. A new podcast from Jobs for […]

Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday an expansion of the state’s Career Connections network, which will have the state’s community colleges working to increase job training that leads to in-demand jobs. The announcement was made at Raritan Valley Community College. The goal is to “empower at least 65 percent of adults with college degrees or credentials […]