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The future I see for Virginia's Community Colleges
Virginia's Community Colleges have awarded more than 665,000 life-changing credentials during my time as chancellor. Their impact is everywhere: the historically low unemployment rate recently trumpeted by the Youngkin administration; national media reports describing VCCS workforce development training as a "premier model"; and yet another accolade declaring Virginia's business climate America's best.
The future I see for Virginia's Community Colleges
Virginia's Community Colleges have awarded more than 665,000 life-changing credentials during my time as chancellor. Their impact is everywhere: the historically low unemployment rate recently trumpeted by the Youngkin administration; national media reports describing VCCS workforce development training as a "premier model"; and yet another accolade declaring Virginia's business climate America's best.
The future I see for Virginia's Community Colleges
Virginia's Community Colleges have awarded more than 665,000 life-changing credentials during my time as chancellor. Their impact is everywhere: the historically low unemployment rate recently trumpeted by the Youngkin administration; national media reports describing VCCS workforce development training as a "premier model"; and yet another accolade declaring Virginia's business climate America's best.
GUEST OPINION: G3 community college grants offer the working poor a better path forward
It’s time we’ve had a frank talk about ALICE. After all, we have come to understand more and more the critical role that ALICE plays in Virginia’s economic health and prosperity, and after years of applying that learning toward strategies designed to help ALICE overcome generational inertia, we have reached an important inflection point, especially here in Virginia. As we emerge from our pandemic cocoons, it’s time for ALICE to finally set its sights on new horizons.
Equipping the working poor with new resources for a better path forward
By Glenn DuBois, Ph.D. It’s time we’ve had a frank talk about ALICE. After all, we have come to understand more and more the critical role that ALICE plays in Virginia’s economic health and prosperity, and after years of applying that learning toward strategies designed to help ALICE overcome generational inertia, we have reached an important inflection point, especially here in Virginia. As we emerge from our pandemic cocoons, it’s time for ALICE to finally set its sights on new horizons.
Opinion: Change to Pell grant options will serve Virginia community colleges
Glenn DuBois is the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. (HANDOUT) As the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, I’ve seen firsthand how access to postsecondary education can elevate the lives of our students, including incarcerated Virginians.
Opinion: Change to Pell grant options will serve Virginia community colleges
Glenn DuBois is the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. (HANDOUT) As the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, I’ve seen firsthand how access to postsecondary education can elevate the lives of our students, including incarcerated Virginians.
Glenn DuBois column: G3 is a win-win solution for struggling families and businesses
Glenn DuBois column: G3 is a win-win solution for struggling families and businesses 1 of 2 In 2016, out-of-work coal miners learned new skills in the mechatronics lab at Southwest Virginia Community College in Cedar Bluff. By Glenn DuBois Countless Virginia families are facing challenges that were unforeseeable a year ago. Virginia businesses are hurting, too.
Community colleges - Setting a path forward after the pandemic
By Glenn Dubois, Dawn Erlandson and Tom Downs Community colleges in Virginia and across the nation have responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic, making contributions to enhance capabilities of emergency responders and health care professionals. Two-year public colleges have the unique capability to re-skill the workforce as the state and the nation prepare to return to productivity after the pandemic subsides.
Dubois, Erlandson and Downs: Community colleges - Setting a path forward after the pandemic
By Glenn Dubois, Dawn Erlandson and Tom Downs Dubois is chancellor of the Virginia Community College System. Erlandson is national board chairman of the Association of Community College Trustees. Downs is a Washington, D.C. consultant, and founder of the Community and Technical College Consortium. Community colleges in Virginia and across the nation have responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic, making contributions to enhance capabilities of emergency responders and health care professionals.
Virginia’s community colleges are here to help - The Suffolk News-Herald
Virginia’s community colleges are here to help By Glenn DuBois Note: The following letter was written by the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges on May 4 to the parents of high school students in the Class of 2020. Congratulations! I write to inform you that your graduating high school senior has earned guaranteed acceptance to a Virginia community college, even if he or she had not previously applied.
Glenn DuBois column: Northam proposal true to community college roots
Gov. Ralph Northam’s recently announced proposal to create more affordable pathways to community college programs leading to high-demand jobs for low- and middle-income Virginians is true to the original promise of Virginia’s Community Colleges. Founded in 1966, our colleges were created to do what no one else would: expand affordable access to higher education and workforce training opportunities. The governor’s proposal strikes at both of those priorities.
Community college students are changing: It's time for financial aid policies to change, too
Go ask ALICE about Operation Varsity Blues, and you won’t get much of a reaction. That’s because while highly selective schools grab lots of ink, including the not-so-good ink from the high-profile admissions scandal, it’s the open-access institutions in our community college sector who serve a plurality of U.S. postsecondary students, 38 percent of undergraduates according to the most recent available data.
Alger, DuBois, and Blake column: Making college transfer work for everyone
By Jonathan Alger, Glenn DuBois, and Peter Blake College transfer is a topic of enormous importance when it comes to providing equal educational opportunities for our citizens. Successfully pursued, Virginia’s system of transfer provides an on-ramp to higher education for thousands of students. Students can enroll, earn an associate degree, and gain access to dozens of public and private institutions across the state.
DuBois and DuVal column: Some good news for working Virginians
By Glenn DuBois and Barry DuValThis Labor Day weekend, we honor the American worker, and specifically the Virginians who contribute to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our commonwealth. Our purpose here is to offer a glimpse into a growing and prosperous segment of Virginia’s workforce.
Glenn DuBois and Gary Shapiro: Solutions available to help fill tech jobs
FROM THE LANDING at Jamestown to the victory at Yorktown, Virginia has long played a prominent role in America’s past. The Old Dominion today is focused forward, committed to playing an even bigger role in America’s future.Technology is disrupting nearly every job market, and Virginia has made the most of this shift, maximizing tech’s job-creating power in exciting ways.
DuBois: More credentials essential to individual and business prospects in Virginia - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Guest-columnists
Our commonwealth today invests in individuals who pursue anything between an associate’s degree and a doctorate. Virginia needs all those credentials. The need is just as great, however, for the post-secondary certifications that denote critical skills, essential to keeping Virginia moving forward. There were more than 175,000 job vacancies last year in Virginia that required post-secondary certifications, according to research conducted by the company Burning Glass.
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