Community Colleges

More NH High School Students Head to College, Leave NH

Sam Evans-Brown — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:58:29 +0000

The New Hampshire Department of Education says that in the past decade there has been a 6 percent increase in the number of high school graduates continuing on to college, but also a five percent increase in the number of high schoolers leaving the state for college.

New Hampshire Factories Struggle To Fill Jobs

Amanda Loder — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:09:51 +0000

Nationally, there are about 600,000 unfilled factory jobs. But despite high unemployment, these jobs are proving all-but-impossible to fill, even in New Hampshire. For one thing, most people don’t have the skills. And many companies are handing over the training, and cost, of potential new workers to community colleges. But that still doesn’t guarantee it will lead to new hires.

Senate Weighs Tax Credits for Workforce Development

Sam Evans-Brown — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:41:19 +0000

The New Hampshire Senate is considering a bill aimed at reducing the so-called "skills gap". The bill would offer tax credits to businesses that partnered with the community college system to create workforce training programs.