U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gets lesson in public safety training at FVTC
Appleton Post-Crescent
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos met students and staff at Fox Valley Technical College’s Public Safety Training Center on Tuesday, then described the school as an example of a place where “all students are able to find the right pathway and the right career for themselves.”
Community colleges work with companies to streamline IT training
EdTech Magazine
Increasingly, some of the biggest tech giants are turning to two-year community colleges in order to find the skilled IT workers they desperately need, as well as to help relieve some of the student debt that a quarter of Americans are burdened with these days.
Ivey announces grants for community colleges in north Alabama
WAFF
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced three job training programs that will receive grants via the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Hazard Community and Technical College planning to classes for drone certificates
WYMT News
The courses the Kentucky college plans to offer this fall will allow students to take part in the unmanned systems technology workforce. Some of the jobs this technology is advancing methods for is first responders and law enforcement.
Bucks County Community College offering industrial maintenance training
The Intelligencer
The program includes concepts and skills required by electro-mechanical technicians in manufacturing and a variety of industries.
Community colleges create opportunities
Daily Item
Luzerne County Community College is searching locations — from a former middle schools to a defunct department store — to open a new branch campus this fall.
