Viewing all News for: Ascension Parish, Louisiana

ACT empowers learners by removing barriers and creating pathways to success through programs like fee waivers, scholarships, and grants. In FY2025, we supported 477K students, 210K fee waivers, 27 scholarships, and 54 grants nationwide. Learn more in the 2025 Impact Report.

ACT's Leadership Blog featured skills-driven innovations for WRCs in New York, Arkansas, and Louisiana to strengthen workforce assets. WRC helps align education, industry, and policy around the single goal to develop a skilled, job-ready talent pipeline.

Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

River Parishes Community College Foundation received a $10,557 donation from Shintech Louisiana, LLC, via its annual golf tournament. The gift will help launch RPCC’s WorkKeys Assessment Program at the Westside campus, boosting workforce readiness for students and job seekers.

WAFB-TV showcases River Parishes Community College in the Work Ready Community at Ascension Parish. In an exclusive interview, Chancellor Quintin Taylor explained how RPCC played a major role in Donaldsonville securing automaker Hyundai’s first low-carbon steel plant in the nation.