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Posted on · Houston energy companies say there is a major gap between what skills their current workforce has, and what they’ll need for a low-carbon future.
Posted on · As power outages continue, many K-12 schools, colleges and universities have announced closures through the end of the week.
Posted on · Like many oil and gas companies, ExxonMobil had a rough 2020. But what does that mean for Houston?
Posted on · Expect a new normal with social distancing, at least some remote learning and increased financial pressure at higher ed institutions.
Posted on · (Above: A class at Lone Star College. Photo: Laura Isensee | Houston Public Media) Right now, just three community colleges in the state of Texas are allowed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees. Houston's Lone Star College is not one of them, but wants to be. Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Steve Head argues allowing schools […]
Posted on · (Above: A class at Lone Star College. Photo: Laura Isensee | Houston Public Media) Right now, just three community colleges in the state of Texas are allowed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees. Houston's Lone Star College is not one of them, but wants to be. Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Steve Head argues allowing schools […]
Posted on · The college has more than 3,000 foreign students and nine of them are from countries impacted by the travel ban.
Posted on · Dr. Austin Lane is the former vice chancellor at Lone Star College.
Posted on · The Mueschke Cemetery is located in Spring and its oldest graves date back to the late 1870s.
Posted on · The provision cuts the retirement benefits of public sector workers, such as teachers, who worked a second job in the private sector to make ends meet.
Posted on · A new law for Harris County allows students more community college options and also lifts the three-course limit for dual credit.
Posted on · Hundreds of students and faculty members took part in a forum on open carry at Lone Star College Monday. It comes as legislators in Austin debate rewriting gun control laws to allow weapons in more public places.
Posted on · Lone Star College-CyFair's drama department presents John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, A Parable from March 27 to April 12. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play was written just a decade ago but is set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964. It explores what happens when a nun, without direct evidence, suspects […]
Posted on · The changes are coming from the Obama administration and would impact higher education in Texas.
Posted on · We talk with Dr. Stephen Head, the Chancellor of Lone Star College, and Peter Beard, the Senior Vice President of Regional Workforce Development at the Greater Houston Partnership, about their efforts to encourage and train students for careers in trades amid a workforce skill gap.