One of the most transformational programs to hit the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) was the High Demand Career Initiative (and later became the HOPE Career Grant). It was a proposal that started during the administration of former governor…
New projects to help ensure clean hands and clean water won recognition from the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, with the inaugural awards going to the Augusta Happy Hands Project and the Georgia Highlands College/Lake Allatoona Association Research Project. The Happy…
Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) in Warner Robins is expanding its high-demand Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program to the college’s Milledgeville campus beginning with the fall 2022 semester. The expansion significantly increases the program’s reach, easing the burden for nursing…
In mid-January, leaders from Augusta Technical College (ATC) and Augusta-based University Health Care Systemsigned a letter of intent (LOI) on a partnership that will transform Augusta Tech’s already booming health science program. The move is meant to further increase the…
The Georgia Fintech Academy, a unique partnership between the state’s fintech sector and the University System of Georgia, has a new permanent home at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. In a statement, Fintech Academy…
Three new college and career academies are coming to Mitchell, Candler and Lumpkin counties. In December, the Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) state board approved $9 million in bond funds to establish the new academies, which offer high school…
Cybersecurity attacks are real and occurring everyday – at major corporations, health systems, small businesses and even on our personal computing devices. At the same time, the world is facing a massive shortage of cybersecurity specialists. The global shortage of…
The National Science Foundation’s Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program has awarded Georgia State University a five-year, $5 million grant. The Atlanta-based university will use the funds to establish the Center for Dynamic Multiscale and Multimodal…
Cobb EMC, a not-for-profit member-owned electric cooperative, is taking a novel approach to filling tomorrow’s workforce gaps. The company’s Youth Leadership Program is seeking area high school juniors to apply for scholarships and the chance to develop leadership and networking…
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) have collaborated to clear the way for high school students to receive TCSG college credits for four in-demand career pathways. Statewide articulation agreements between TCSG and…
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