Addressing growing mismatch between job openings and job seekers

Finding an Economy that Works Todd M. Oldman Community colleges are increasingly at the center of the national dialogue about getting the unemployed retrained and back in the workforce and putting students on the path to in-demand careers. The growing expectation is for community coll
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NanoCollege gets $1.6 million from NSF

The news comes from Larry Rulison of the Times Union. “The Energy & Environmental Technology Applications Center (known as E2TAC) at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, has received $1.6 million in two grants from the National Scien
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“Cash Mobs” helping small local businesses to survive

This is one of the more interesting stories you’ll read – “Cash Mobs” is a new phenomenon where people are organized to spend money at struggling locally owned businesses to support their communities. This story was brought to us by WBUR in Boston. Click here t
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Community colleges producing workers for “Middle Skill” jobs that may speed up recovery

The AP (2/22) reports, “Community colleges, long the under-loved stepchildren of American higher education, still don’t get the dollars of their four-year counterparts, but they’re standing very much in the spotlight these days.” One reason for all of the atten
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Destiny USA strikes “green” gold

Destiny USA has announced it has achieved official LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its efforts while constructing a 1.3 million square foot expansion of Carousel Center in Syracuse.  That award was verified by the Green Building Certification Instit
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Report: Globalization has both hurt and benefited New York

Cara Matthews reports on pressconnects.com – “New York needs to encourage entrepreneurship, help businesses export internationally and place more emphasis on higher education if it wants to succeed in a global economy, a State University of New York report released Wednesd
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Encouraging STEM is crucial to economic growth

The following excerpt is from an article that appeared in The Business Council’s most recent newsletter. It’s authored by Peg Zokowski, who is a principal at Innovators Ink, LLC: “While much attention has been focused on the creation and unveiling of the regional eco
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Rochester colleges are vital to the area’s economy

James Goodman of the Democrat and Chronicle writes: “The days when Eastman Kodak Co. dominated the local economy are long gone, as the company’s local workforce has shrunk from 60,400 in 1982 to 7,100 last year. But the role of the University of Rochester in the economy as
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Good News: Signs of New York opening for business

With the Governor’s announcement this week of more than $4 Billion in new high-tech investment by private sector companies in New York, we thought it would be a good idea to provide you with some feedback on that announcement and to look at other business expansions and job crea
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Effort urged to attract biopharm jobs on Long Island

Keiko Morris writes in Newsday – “Bringing more high-paying biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing jobs to Long Island won’t happen without a concerted statewide effort to compete in the sector, research and educational leaders and industry advocates said Wedne
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