Workforce

California business leaders push for workforce training support in state budget
150 150 Justin Ewers

Legislators considering about $250 million in new state budget funding for career technical education programs at community colleges.

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Commentary: Don’t forget about ways to raise California’s median wage
150 150 Jim Mayer

Workforce development can be the policy that brings adversarial interests together – and solve more than poverty.

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Advocates tell state lawmakers California must invest in workforce training
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Careers in technical education fields can garner graduates double the salary of average community college student.

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The seven most important changes community colleges can make to close California’s skills gap
150 150 Van Ton-Quinlivan

The skills gap is the biggest hurdle to economic prosperity for unemployed individuals, but there are some specific changes two-year colleges could make to help minimize the gap and improve completion and employment rates.

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California’s energy law driving need for bigger HVAC workforce
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Skills gap creating an inadequate worker pipeline to fill demand for jobs like air conditioning and lighting control techs.

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VIDEO: Game-changing workforce plan takes big step toward closing skills gap
150 150 Ed Coghlan

We wrap up the biggest story in the efforts to close California’s skills gap and why it’s imperative to keep it up in 2016.

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California Community Colleges adopt major workforce action plan
150 150 Ed Coghlan

Board of Governors approves list of 25 recommendations to reform the Colleges workforce training programs

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