Training/Education Resources

Looking for training? Check out the training opportunities in our area and the new opportunities online!

"CATALOG OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES  FOR CLARION AND VENANGO"

Local Resources:
Clarion County Career Center 

Clarion University 
     Distance Education
     Extended Studies
     Department of Continuing Education/
     Small Business Development Center
     Clarion University/Venango Campus 

Computer Support Education Center

Dubois Business College

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
     Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Online

FICDA -  Franklin Industrial & Commercial Development Authority
Franklin Industrial and Commercial Development Authority (FICDA) partners with C\VERA on a number of incumbent worker training events. Check out the Community Information Network (CIN) for the latest in Franklin education and training news.
     CIN (Community Information Network)

The Learning Center - "The Learning Center offers a diverse array of computer related classes for individual, business, children, and non-profit customers."

Manufacturers’ Association of Northwest Pennsylvania 

Penn State Shenango

Penn State University 
     Cooperative Extension
     Distance Education
     Continuing Education

Precision Manufacturing Institute (PMI)

University of Pittsburgh/Titusville
     The George J. Barco Center for Continuing Education 

Venango Technology Center 

Online Resources:

KEYSTONE UNIVERSITY NETWORK "Affordable, high-quality education is the hallmark of the 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Keystone University Network brings the educational offerings of those great universities to you - anywhere - anytime."
http://www.keystoneu.net/

DeVRY University - Career Orientated education designed for your busy lifestyle
"Fast. Get your degree in as little as three years.
Convenient. Attend classes anytime, day or night from virtually anywhere.
Affordable.  Keep earning while you get your degree.
Totally attainable. Achieve your educational goals and start earning big."
NEW! Health Information Technology Associate Degree.
http://www.devry.edu/online/programs.html

Northwest Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Area
http://www.nwpawib.org/employer/index.htm

NORTHWEST PA WORKFORCE TOOLKIT -  A comprehensive guide to services available to employers at little or no cost through agencies and programs within the Northwest PA region. http://www.nwpawib.org/employer/index.htm

The Pennsylvania Virtual Community College Consortium " The Consortium is an organization that is designed to make available community college opportunities to every Pennsylvania resident, yet does not itself admit students nor grant degrees. Students simply apply for admission to any of the member community colleges. Once admitted, students may take distance learning courses from any member college without submitting additional application forms nor paying additional application fees. http://www.pavcc.org./

Pennsylvania Department of Education EdNA (Education Names and Addresses) - can be used to find name, address, administrator, and related information about the educational entities that PDE serves. These entities include school districts and their schools, intermediate units, area vocational technical schools, charter schools, nonpublic and private schools, higher education institutions, and many more. http://edna.ed.state.pa.us/

PHEAAMentor™  is an online resource to help students and their families select a college, apply for admission, and plan to finance higher education. It offers total access to information and admissions applications for degree-granting colleges and universities within Pennsylvania. The student is responsible for the standard fee charged by a college or university upon submitting an application for admission, but otherwise, Mentor™ systems are provided free of charge. http://www.pheaamentor.org/

PHEAA - Creating Access to Education. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency has grown from a small student loan guarantor in 1964 with a guaranty volume of only 4,600 student loans to one of the largest, full-service financial aid organizations in the nation. Today, PHEAA manages more that $33 billion in total assets and serves nearly four million students nationally through its state grant, guaranty, servicing and financial aid processing systems. http://www.pheaa.org

"GeoLearning, Inc. is a leading provider of computer-based training solutions for business. The Geo in our name stands for Global Education Online. We offer over a thousand technical and soft-skill courses in variety of subject areas. Many of these courses are available in Internet/intranet, CBT, CD-ROM, LAN network, and conventional print-based mediums." http://www.geolearning.com/  

LifeLongLearning provides a database of accredited distance learning courses, brought to you by Peterson's. http://www.lifelonglearning.com/

GetEducated.com “Geteducated.com is a distance learning consulting firm owned and operated by pioneering distance learning specialists, Vicky Phillips and Cindy Yager. Phillips and Yager are co-authors of Amazon.com’s best-selling guide to accredited virtual universities, ‘Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools: Earning Your Degree Without Leaving Home’, from the Princeton Review… Considering earning your college degree or career credential from the comfort of your own home? A growing number of accredited or professionally recognized colleges and training institutes offer degrees, courses, career credentials, continuing professional education through mail, FAX, modem, and online means. Use our free ‘Directory of Online Colleges, Internet Universities, & Training Institutes’ to take a quick trip around the growing number of virtual campuses on the Information Superhighway.” http://www.geteducated.com/dlsites.htm  

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