Dallas College looking toward student success with two new initiatives aimed at job and workforce readiness After a less than stellar 2020, Dallas College hopes to bounce back with new opportunities for students.
In this file photo, Grecia Gonzales, 22, of Dallas takes a final at Eastfield College’s Pleasant Grove campus, part of the Dallas County Community College system. Dallas College aims to help students of color and those from low-income families with scholarships and a virtual career fair that are part of nationwide efforts to help them enter the workforce
Black and Latino students looking for high-demand jobs can gain needed skills and opportunities through new initiatives from Dallas College.
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A program that helps Dallas students attend college for free is struggling to keep them on track
More students are choosing work over school as the pandemic strains finances.
The Dallas County Promise, a program that helps put Dallas students through college for free, helped students like Crystal Garza, 19, figure out whether she wanted to go to community college or a four-year university. But the program is struggling as the number of students that take its pledge and enroll in college drop during the pandemic.(Lawrence Jenkins )
Crystal Garza, 19, was unsure about what life would look like for her after high school, and the pandemic made deciding on college even harder.
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