NCC, colleges land $12m grant

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) awarded $12 million to Norwalk Community College and six other Connecticut schools to help them people train for careers in health and life sciences careers.

DOL awarded the funding under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program. Also receiving funding were:

• Capital Community College in Hartford;
• Charter Oak Community College, an online program of study;
• Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic;
• Gateway Community College in New Haven;
• Manchester Community College; and
• Middlesex Community College in Meriden.

“I was particularly pleased that our proposal was submitted collaboratively by a state university, our only public, online college and five community colleges,” said Robert Kennedy, president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education. “I also appreciate the extraordinary amount of industry support we received ”“ from hospitals across the state, to (Connecticut United for Research Excellence), to Jackson Laboratory. Our private sector partners understand that, with 96,000 students in our institutions, we have the capacity to train and prepare the workers they need.”