Monday, September 18, 2017

RETHINKING COLLEGE - Coal Miners' Path

"Job training and community college put coal miners on a new path" PBS NewsHour 9/12/2017

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Coal miners in the heart of Appalachia face unemployment and uncertainty as the expansion of automation and natural gas threatens the industry that's been an economic bedrock.  But a West Virginia nonprofit matches displaced workers to sustainable jobs in agriculture or carpentry while helping them pursue associate degrees.  Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our series, Rethinking College.

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