404 Error - Page Not Found
You may be looking for one of these:
Educators Say Addressing Workforce Requires a Whole New Mindset [VIDEO]
Educators will tell you there was a time, not all that long ago, when folks in higher education had very little interest in working collaboratively to address the workforce needs of businesses in their communities. Those days are over. The needs are so great that there is now a recognition that unprecedented teamwork is necessary for the good of businesses and their potential employees. [node:read-more:link]
Houston College Adds “Art Welding” To Its Curriculum
Houston ABC news affiliate KTRK reported this afternoon about a new program which will be offered in the fall at San Jacinto College North Campus in northeast Houston. The school already has a large, successful program in welding technology, but now plans to add “art welding” to the program.
In the following video, reporter Deborah Wrigley visits the welding lab on campus to learn more. She talks with Carol Scheier who is training for her third career after formerly working as a medical sales representative and as a remodeler. [node:read-more:link]
Collaborating Across Sectors to Improve Individual Lives and the Workforce
Beard recently hosted a roundtable of representatives from the various sectors participating in UpSkill Houston – industry, K-12, higher education, and community development. [node:read-more:link]
More and More States Offer Multiple Career Paths
First Lady Michelle Obama appears in a new public service announcement aimed at promoting higher education to the youth of America. In the video, Mrs. Obama and Saturday Night Live's Jay Pharoah sing:
"If you wanna fly jets, you should go to college. Reach high and cash checks, fill your head with knowledge.
If you wanna watch paint don't go to college.
But, for everything else you should go to college."
Leave a Legacy: Become a Teacher of the Skilled Trades
One of the perhaps ironic challenges discovered by Construction Citizen during the publication’s recent visit to Lee College is that because jobs in the petrochemical industry can be so lucrative, we have some trouble at times recruiting enough instructors to meet demands.
Ideal candidates for instructors are people with industry experience, but our college and others often can’t pay enough to lure them from the well-paying jobs they currently hold. My colleague Layton Childress, Dean of Applied Sciences, said "I've never seen such demand where the jobs are there and the salaries are so high.” He added that many students “don't even realize what an opportunity they have here to go to school for two years and then be set for life.” [node:read-more:link]