ShawneeWORKS partners to expand workforce career pathways

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio – Shawnee State University and south-central Ohio’s five leading career and technical centers are joining together to develop a mission-critical talent pipeline of the high school and adult learners that will feed the region's emerging technical workforce needs.ShawneeWORKS is an innovative workforce and educational attainment initiative that expands dual credit and College Credit Plus between partner schools, provides direct entry into the workforce for CTC graduates, and streamlines admissions into two-and four-year applied technical degree programs. Students and employers will realize lower educational costs and a faster time to credential and degree completion.“Demand for graduates with applied technical skills is exploding throughout southern Ohio,” said SSU President Eric Andrew Braun.

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