Saint Joseph's in Indiana shifts to workforce programs

Bill Carroll, the college's executive director, stated, "The bottom line is we were sinking fast and the board made a tough, tough decision. But as demand for short-term workforce training grows, it's looking like it was a decision made ahead of its time."

Now the campus is bustling again, having gone through a bold but somewhat controversial transformation. The college has reinvented itself as a hub for short-term workforce training programs in Rensselaer.

Using adjunct instructors, it offers a range of certificate programs, including in various health-care fields, veterinary sciences and a newly launched commercial driver's license program.

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