Funding roundup
A $350,000 grant to College of the Mainland (COM) will help ensure more people are trained for the Gulf Coast region’s petrochemical industry. The Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant comes from the Texas…
Campus Issues
Reporter’s notebook
House passes WIOA bill The House on Tuesday passed a bill to reauthorize the nation’s main workforce development law mostly along party lines, 220 to 196. But the future of H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation…
Headlines
DSLCC launches program for students with disabilitiesWest Virginia Daily NewsDabney S. Lancaster Community College is launching an Inclusive Learning Enabled Action Program (ILEAP) this fall for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, allowing participants to…
Walsh focuses on apprenticeships in approps hearing
Registered apprenticeships were again in the workforce development spotlight on Tuesday as U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh pitched the Biden administration’s budget plan to House appropriators. The hearing before the House subcommittee that oversees funding…
Headlines
Central Ohio Technical College starting to train students to land jobs with IntelWSYXCentral Ohio Technical College is now trying to equip its students with the right skills to help them land careers with Intel. Intel…
Workforce shortages’ cascading effects on air industry
Workforce shortages in the aviation and aerospace industry — from small business manufacturers to airline maintenance crews — can have a significant impact on areas such as safety, availability of commercial flights, national security, innovation…
Reporter’s notebook
Gauging a better way to measure outcomesState allotment formulas for certain DOL workforce programsNew program in affordable housing management Gauging a better way to measure outcomes A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Kimberly Britt has been named president of Phoenix College, which is part of Arizona’s Maricopa County Community College District MCCCD). She will begin on June 1. Britt is currently the college’s vice president…
Headlines
Surprise! Roxbury Community College graduates given $1,000 eachBoston HeraldCommencement speaker Robert Hale, Jr. gave each Roxbury Community College graduate a $1,000 surprise cash gift — $500 for them and $500 to give to an organization,…
Washington Watch: DOL begins its listening sessions on FLSA regs
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has started its series of regional listening sessions to gather feedback from employers on potential changes to the “white-collar” exemptions contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). DOL…