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How free community college could impact Pima County President Biden proposes free community college By Bailey O'Carroll | April 28, 2021 at 9:19 PM MST - Updated April 28 at 9:19 PM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -In his address to congress this evening, president Biden is excepted to propose spending $109 billion over the next decade to make community college free, as part of his American Families plan. “I believe its going to be a positive impact for us a number of our students in this community are low income disadvantaged,” said Lee Lambert, the Chancellor of Pima Community College...

Jerry Summers: Leo Lambert - What A Spelunker! Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - by Jerry Summers Jerry Summers Having lived in the Chattanooga area close to 75 years and knowing of the commercially successful and famous Ruby Falls, and to a limited extent its original companion cave Lookout Cave, lesser-known facts have been discovered recently by me. Leo Lambert (1895-1950) was a chemist by trade but his main passion was discovering and exploring the vast network of limestone caverns existing underneath us in our area as part of the Cumberland Plateau.  Unfortunately, his quadruple advent...

Arizona community colleges ready to upskill and reskill workers for economic recovery News provided by Share this article PHOENIX, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report entitled, Arizona Reskilling & Recovery Network: A Workforce Development and Education/Training Framework, outlines how Arizona's community colleges are the economic engines needed to provide fast, job-focused training for unemployed and underemployed workers in an economy reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. The report also calls for a coordinated operational plan with the [email protected] system and provides policy...

BofA jobs initiative to upskill workers of color in Arizona As the pandemic highlights racial inequities in the nation, Bank of America (BofA) is focusing much of its philanthropy on people of color, including preparing community college and university students for higher paying jobs in high demand industries.    In Arizona, BofA is giving a total $1 million to Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson and Arizona State University (ASU) Downtown in Phoenix as part of a nationwide jobs initiative to help Black and Latino communities, which have been disproportionately impacted by the virus.  ...