OTC President Talks About Retraining on NPR Program
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The president was interviewed by the show’s host John Hockenberry and program contributor Beth Kobliner.“Out of 13,000 students at OTC, at least half are involved in technical or allied health programs designed to get them to work within a 24-month period,” Higdon told the audience.Higdon said prior to the show’s airing that the issue of retraining workers is that community colleges are willing to tackle.The podcast is available at http://tinyurl.com/ylsp7yh ### Springfield, MO, October 29, 2009 --( PR.com )-- Hal Higdon, president of Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, Missouri told more than 1.5 million listeners in the New York, Baltimore and Boston areas that his College is retraining thousands of students who are looking for a new career.Higdon appeared Tuesday on a segment of “The Takeaway,” a radio program originating from WNYC, the largest National Public Radio station in the country.Higdon participated in a discussion about retraining displaced workers in a down economy.The president was interviewed by the show’s host John Hockenberry and program contributor Beth Kobliner.