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Mt. Hood Community College
Training the Next Generation
They got a free education. Now they get a free degree.
Mt. Hood Community College now offers associates degrees to journeymen sheet metal workers.
Jobs
Building trades, labor council back Mt. Hood Community College bond effort
If approved, the $75 million bond would be the first new bond passed for the college since 1974.
Collective bargaining
Mt. Hood college, faculty reach last-minute contract
A late-breaking contract settlement averted a planned strike at Mt. Hood Community College.
Green Jobs
Trained home energy workers waiting for jobs
A year into a much-watched Portland pilot project, few union-trained workers have found "green jobs.”
