The city’s Commerce Department enables Community College of Philadelphia students to earn $15 an hour during a cell and gene therapy industry lab technician certificate program.
With “Pomp and Circumstance” playing over a speaker, 11 men donning caps and gowns walked down an aisle of seats in a conference room at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay Thursday afternoon, in a celebration of successfully completing a summer course to receive a certificate in industrial maintenance.
About 41% of surveyed high school students said they had to change their higher education choices due to costs. Of those, 33% are choosing a state school, 29% are going to a community college, and 16% will pursue a technical and career education.
Through a series of seemingly minor yet powerful changes to the way student loan repayment usually works, many more low-income borrowers will end up paying $0 a month towards their loans. And then, eventually, the remaining loan balance will be forgiven.
