Education

How One Virginia Community College Is Closing the Skills Gap

From The EDU Ledger: “‘We are the access gap fillers,’ explains Art Hall, who joined TCC (Tidewater Community College) as Vice President for Workforce Solutions in March 2024. ‘Anything that either four-year institutions or two-year institutions are not touching, that’s kind of our market … ’For TCC President Dr. Marcia Conston, who arrived in early 2020, that gap-filling mission has become increasingly sophisticated. Under her leadership, the college has expanded its Skilled Trades Academy, launched mobile training labs, and deepened partnerships with industries ranging from shipbuilding to hospitality—all while leveraging Virginia’s remarkable state funding programs that make workforce training largely free for students.”

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