The Metallica grant will help train 17 Del Tech students to further their advancement into the workforce. (Photo courtesy of All Within My Hands)

$50K grant to Del Tech from Metallica Scholars Initiative to support workforce training

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Delaware Technical Community College has been awarded a $50,000 grant to help train more than a dozen students to enter the workforce. It comes as part of the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI), a nationwide workforce development program created by the legendary heavy metal band Metallica through its charitable foundation, All Within My Hands. The funds will support the training of …

DSU, UD and Del Tech asked for millions in state funding, with a large chunk for deferred maintenance.

Colleges, DOE ask for hundreds of millions for capital projects

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The big three institutions of higher education in the First State along with the Delaware Department of Education on Thursday asked for a combined $300 million from the state for capital improvement projects. As the state’s General Assembly prepares its budget for fiscal year 2025, which starts July 1, the University of Delaware, Delaware State University and Del Tech all …

DelTech is seeking $525,000 in state funding for salary competitiveness.

DelTech questioned about extra salary funding, pay discrepancy 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

It was higher education day in the Joint Finance Committee Thursday, in which the big three state institutions – University of Delaware, Delaware State University and Delaware Technical Community College – made their cases for millions in state funding. DelTech, which has $100,460,200 penciled in through the Governor’s Recommended Budget, is asking for additional $525,000 for salary competitiveness, which the …