Tech giants see partnerships with community colleges via apprenticeships, certifications, and degrees as a way to attract a skilled and more diverse workforce
As student debt mounts and a shortage of skilled workers persists, students find their local two-year institution could be a lower-cost shortcut to a good job. Tweets: @elenaholodny , @valaafshar , @marcorubio , and @profgalloway Tweets: Elena Holodny / @elenaholodny : “30% of those with an associate degree now out-earn the average holder of a bachelor's degree. In other words, no one should be surprised when someone with an associate degree in cloud computing out-earns someone with a bachelor's in English literature.” http://www.wsj.com/... Vala Afshar / @valaafshar : Americans are burdened with $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. 1 in 4 has a low wage job - highest proportion of any advanced economy. There are hundreds of thousands of open positions in U.S. like cybersecurity, cloud computing, computer programming, data science, ... —@mims http://twitter.com/... Marco Rubio / @marcorubio : Too often we look to D.C. for the answers. But here is a reminder that most of the important innovations we need to bring about a #NewAmericanCentury,like closing the #SkillsGap, will come from the state & local level in partnership with private sector http://www.wsj.com/... Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : As student debt mounts and a shortage of skilled workers persists, students find their local two-year institution could be a lower-cost shortcut to a good job — via @mims @WSJ http://www.wsj.com/...