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Mayland Community College in Newland, NC is proud to be a Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) approved provider of Pharmacy Technician training since 2020.

UConn Health now a host site for Connecticut Technical Education and Career System's Work-Based Learning program

The store's purpose is not to make the students financially wealthy but rather to enrich their understanding of real-world, work-based learning. The students running Wizard Workshop are enrolled in the school's five different career and technical education programs.

The Lauderdale County School District is teaming up with local businesses to provide internship and apprenticeship opportunities for high school students.

Everyone starts college with pretty much the same dream - to earn a degree and have a better life. But sometimes life gets in the way, and dreams get postponed. One institution, Wayne State University, has developed a program to help students who left with debt and no diploma come back and finish what they started. ...

New findings confirm suspicions about the top reasons many students considered dropping out of college over the last six months. The Gallup and Lumina Foundation report, "Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education," reveals about three in five undergraduates say emotional stress and mental health are the biggest reasons theyve considered quitting. Both far exceed such other factors as cost and course difficulty. ...

Two reports confirm a troubling trend in terms of Black students attending college. According to the University System of Georgia, enrollment among Black students dropped by 3.7% between 2021 and 2022. To reverse the decline, education experts are calling for early support measures to provide more guidance and opportunities. ...

A childminding business has closed its doors after neighbours claimed it was "not suitable" for the area.

Article based on press release submitted by BOCES. Area students will participate in a two-day business pitch competition at the WNY Tech Academy in Bergen at the end of the month. Five teams from local schools will participate in the "March Madness Einstein Days" competition. After two days of preparation, including research, planning, developing strategies, and developing

Schools and businesses from across the area were in Edgewood on Tuesday as NICC hosted its first-ever High Demand Skilled Trades Event. That’s Gena Ge