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Southwest Tech details training hub, reports high retention and completion rates
Summary
Southwest Tech updated the commission on retention, graduation, dual‑enrollment with SUU, financial-aid distribution and the Southwest Tech Training Advancement Center (STAC), including donated construction work and plans for locally fabricated training props.
Southwest Tech staff presented data and a multi‑year plan to expand workforce training and first‑responder instruction in southern Utah.
The presenter (Southwest Tech representative) told commissioners the school's full‑time fall‑to‑fall retention rate is 93 percent and that last year the college recorded around 580 total certificates awarded. The presenter said most programs exceed a 70 percent placement benchmark required by their accreditor. "Every one of our…
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