Hassan touts legislation to strengthen community-college-to-business pipeline
New Hampshire Union Leader
During an employee town hall meeting at a General Electric plant in New Hampshire, U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan said that she is pushing the Gateway to Careers Act, which is focused on investing federal dollars on workforce partnerships between community colleges and business organizations.
It oversaw for-profit colleges that imploded. Now it seeks a comeback.
New York Times
The organization at the center of one of the largest fraud scandals in the history of for-profit colleges is asking to be reinstated by the Trump administration as a federal gatekeeper for hundreds of degree-granting programs and billions of dollars in federal funds.
Texas State Technical College offers robotics technology program
Community Impact Newspaper
Texas State Technical College is in its first semester offering an associate of applied science robotics technology program.
Houston Community College at Missouri City offers medical assistant program
Community Impact Newspaper
As part of the program, students are required to complete 240 hours of external learning experience, treating patients in a professional setting.