Community college degrees are in demand
Dec. 17, 2013; MLive (reprint of Bridge magazine article)
To see the difference between yesterday’s skilled-trade career and today’s, Michael Hansen offers what’s happening at BOSS Products, a snowplow manufacturer in Iron Mountain.
… “What (students are) asking for is in three or four current areas: Business, nursing, culinary and computer information systems. Those four have great interest,” said Fiona Hert, dean of the School of Workforce Development at Grand Rapids Community College. But there’s also a series of skills employers want punctuality, a team player, critical thinking, flexibility. And these, she and others added, are the ones that will take students furthest in their careers.
Bay College will be part of Career Jump Start program
Dec. 18, 2013; up.secondwavemedia.com
Bay College in Escanaba is going to be one of ten Michigan community colleges that will be part of the Career Jump Start Program, designed to link students with career training opportunities.
… The others are located at Alpena Community College, Delta College, Grand Rapids Community College, Jackson College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Lansing Community College, Mott Community College, North Central Michigan College and The Workforce Intelligence Network.
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