It’s college commitment season and Vermont Governor Phil Scott is partnering with Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC), Association of Vermont Independent Colleges (AVIC), and the Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC) to award two incoming students $5,000 scholarships….
Vermont is well known as a great place for startups. From supportive entrepreneurial environments like the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) to multiple competitive business opportunities like Road Pitch, students are rising to the challenge of…
Several Vermont higher education institutions have recently received significant research and scholarship grants from the National Science Foundation. Within the last several weeks, four different institutions have announced the awards of grants, some in the millions of…
WalletHub’s annual ranking of schools in the US was recently released, and once again Vermont ranks #5 in the country. The study ranks states based on performance, funding, safety, class size, and instructor credentials as indicated by 25…
The University of Vermont in collaboration with the University of Maine and others will create a highly competitive University Transportation Center (UTC) called the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC). TIDC aims to help save taxpayer dollars by…
The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) has awarded the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) $150,000 through the Windham County Economic Development Program (WCEDP) to design and deliver its Pipelines & Pathways Project, which will…
College grads are done celebrating and now the hunt is on for that post-college career. Grads can look to Vermont for a wide variety of high quality jobs. WalletHub’s new survey of 2018’s best and worst states…
Vermont Advanced Manufacturers connected in April on the campus of Vermont Technical College to form the Vermont Talent Pipeline Management (VTPM) Manufacturing Collaborative. This new collective impact collaborative is the third launched since April 2017, joining construction and…
Recently the New York Times wrote about the increasing trend of white collar workers who are trading in their desk jobs for more interesting, hands-on–and high paying–jobs in skilled trades. Some workers, after spending years in a…
