07/07/2021

Workforce Connect Partnership Meets Growing Demand

Tri-C-led partnership is an example of collaboration between higher ed, healthcare

To meet the growing demand for skilled workers in the health care field, many small and midsized colleges are working to form partnerships with regional healthcare providers.

The Workforce Connect Healthcare Sector Partnership, led by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®), is one such collaboration.

In a recent Higher Ed Dive article examining the trend of collaborative efforts to train and place new healthcare workers, the publication spoke with Sue Krejci, executive director of the Workforce Connect Healthcare Sector Partnership, about how the partnership is aligning the needs of health systems with the resources of local colleges. Krejci told Higher Ed Dive that the goal of the partnership is to identify what's working and exchange best practices, along with identifying funding paths.

Please select this link to read the complete press release from Tri-C.