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New Report Details Importance of STEM Skills

A new report from the Brookings Institution indicates that science, technology, engineering and math skills are needed for more than just high-tech professionals and engineers. By expanding the definition of a “STEM job” to any job that requires specialized knowledge in one of those fields, the report found: 50 percent of STEM jobs do notContinue Reading >

Join us at the STEM Council Quarterly Meeting on June 6

You are invited to a Panel Discussion at the 2nd Quarterly Meeting of the  STEM COUNCIL at Skillpoint Alliance  ————————– GREEN TECH PANEL: “Can We Leverage Carbon Offset Dollars to Launch an Emerging Green Tech Fund in Central Texas?“ CONFIRMED PANELISTS Melanie Barnes, Texas Climate & Carbon Exchange Zach Baumer, Office of Sustainabillity at theContinue Reading >

Why everyone should learn the basics of WordPress

Since we’ve geared up to launch the NEXT Intermediate Job Training program, we’ve often been asked how we decided on the classes. The truth is that it was easy; we listened to our industry and business partners, then listened some more, then asked for more feedback, then decided. We wanted each of these trainings toContinue Reading >