Western Piedmont Community College officials think they have a site picked out for the school’s emergency services training facility but it still needs final state approval.
The use of healthcare apprenticeships has mushroomed in recent years, along with the contracting of travel nurses, to deal with a chronic shortage of medical personnel.
RALEIGH — A new, in-depth economic impact analysis found North Carolina’s 58 community colleges have a $19 billion annual impact on the state’s economy - supporting more than 320,000 jobs