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Vermont State Colleges chancellor pitches workforce focus, facilities plan and targeted project funding
Summary
The chancellor presented a five-year plan aligning programs with state workforce needs, expanding short-term and stackable credentials, seeking $1 million for a Johnson campus housing project, and describing a Global Commitment health fund line for nursing and allied-health capacity.
Beth B, the chancellor of the state college system, told the Senate Education Committee that Vermont State University and the Community College of Vermont are operating as a unified system and must align programs, facilities and credentials to statewide workforce needs.
"Our job as the system is to make sure that our system is directly aligned to solve those challenges," the chancellor said, framing three priorities—workforce alignment, student success and facilities management—as the core of a multiyear plan.
She described efforts to expand short-term, non-degree offerings and stackable,…
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