The manufacturing field is far from dead and the need for workers in the field continues to grow by the day. During Green Mayor Gerard Neugebauer’s Building Bridges for Business . . .
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When the Akron Community Foundation and its partners organized the On the Table Greater Akron event to get residents to share their opinions about challenges facing the community and ways to address . . .
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AKRON — TechHire Akron/Summit County, coordinated by ConxusNEO, brought information technology (IT) talent ecosystem partners together recently to develop strategies that will mobilize the community to respond to data detailed . . .
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To some people, manufacturing still invokes images of dusty floors and greasy machinery. But local students spent the day Friday learning that nowadays, that isn’t necessarily the case. Friday was . . .
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Akron's getting a technical problem and some practical solutions all at once. ConxusNEO, a nonprofit that works with area companies to match their workforce needs with local education and training, . . .
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Some 6,000 citizens talked over breakfast, lunch and dinner Tuesday, exploring the issues facing Greater Akron. On the Table Greater Akron, a Knight Foundation-funded effort to gauge public opinion, inspired . . .
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From cosmetology and dance to fire science and animal studies, Akron Public School students are in store for a wide array of options to help them focus their education. A . . .
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Insights gleaned from focus groups exploring the public’s views of cross-sector collaboration can help practitioners better communicate their work. In 2015, a group of business, philanthropic, education, and government leaders . . .
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In 2015, a nationwide public-private initiative called TechHire was implemented in communities across the U.S. to address the shortage of qualified workers to fill open tech positions — which at . . .
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AKRON, Ohio - Kent State University and the Akron Public Schools will create a College and Career Academy in the district's 10 high schools that focuses on fashion, arts, architecture . . .
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