The data doesn’t lie. It was another banner year for the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). In 2024, the system – comprising 22 technical colleges and 88 campuses in every corner of the state – hit 148,746 in total…
In December 2023, Catherine Higgins fulfilled her longtime goal of earning a college degree. At 75 years old, the former judicial assistant graduated from West Georgia Technical College (WGTC) in Carrollton with an associate degree in General Studies with a…
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) inhabits the space where two critically important priorities intersect – education and workforce development. And as economic development investment poured into Georgia, creating as many as 17,500 new jobs in the first half…
There is a spot on I-20 East where a sometimes harrowing, white-knuckle drive out of Atlanta becomes palpably serene. From the untamed woodlands and the bucolic pastures on either side of the interstate to the bridges crossing over Lake Oconee…
New college and career academies will be established in Dooly and Monroe counties, Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week. That will bring the total across the state to 57, where the existing academies are already serving more than 45,00 high…
You don’t have to leave the community to have a job. Getting that message out is part of the workforce education mission in each of Georgia’s 159 counties, says Anna Chafin, CEO of the Development Authority of Bryan County. And…
Fall means back to school for more than 500,000 students enrolled at the 26 public institutions in the University System of Georgia, the 22 colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia and the state’s private colleges. Unlike in the…
This month we feature our Small Business Guide. There are so many small businesses throughout the state that it’s hard to keep up with them month to month. The guide is a great way to catch up with the leaders,…
Since becoming lottery leader in 2018, Corbin has overseen the delivery of record amounts of money for education, including $376.5 million for the HOPE scholarship and Pre-K programs in the second quarter of FY22. These are edited highlights from an…
It’s hard to remember the economic conditions in Georgia when Nathan Deal became governor in 2011. But Deal certainly does. “We were still in the midst of the Great Recession,” he says. “We had a 10.4% unemployment rate. It was…
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