Hudson Valley Community College is among 16 winners of a statewide competition to form public-private partnerships designed to prepare more than 6,000 high school students for high-skill jobs in technology, manufacturing and health care.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday announced recipients of the NYS Pathways in Technology Early College High School (NYS P-TECH) grants.
Hudson Valley is part of two of the three partnerships awarded in the Capital Region:
Clean Technologies — will continue the regional Early College High School program launched at TEC-SMART with the Ballston Spa School District with business partners GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Cisco and TRC.
Advanced Manufacturing — will provide under-served youth in the City of Troy with the opportunity to participate in a high school through college curriculum leading to employment in either advanced manufacturing or biotechnology/ bio-manufacturing. Partners are the Troy City School District, Questar III BOCES, the Center for Economic Growth, GE Health Care and Regeneron.
Governor Cuomo’s press release includes more details about the NYS P-TECH program, the first of its kind in the nation.
Local media reports on NYT P-TECH include:
The Business Review — Albany
The Post Star — Glens Falls
The Record — Troy
Saratoga Today — Saratoga Springs
The Saratogian — Saratoga Springs
Times Union — Albany
WAMC Public Radio
Published: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:00:38 +0000 by d.gardner