Saturday, September 18, 2004
Indianapolis and Indiana are teaming to provide more opportunities for high school graduates to earn associate degrees in the biosciences.
The state program focuses on employees of bioscience companies. Employees at these companies are eligible for full tuition reimbursement to earn associate degrees.
In a related initiative, called Biotech Bound, young adults who are not currently employed at a bioscience company can qualify for a free ride to get an associate degree.
The first program will cover 134 employees. The second will start with ten this year and twenty next year. Read more.
These are the type of initiatives we need to expand the pool of skilled workers. We are not doing enough to move high school graduates on to post secondary education. We need new initiatives, like these, to bridge the gap.
posted by Ed Morrison |
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Getting an associate degree in bioscience
