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The property tax levy for the Heartland Community College district will likely go up 12.6% next year. That's only slightly more than the expected increase in property values for the district.
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Heartland Community College is celebrating national apprenticeship week with a signing ceremony for new career training enrollees.
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Two professors at Heartland Community College have received grants from online learning platform Course Hero to study educational technology.
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Bloomington-Normal and the rest of McLean County have a worker shortage. So does much of the rest of the nation. Policymakers and educators are grappling with a multiyear challenge to increase the supply of workers who can keep the area financially strong and vital.
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Heartland Community College plans to build a bike trail with money it's getting from the state. Gov. JB Pritzker has announced funding for 13 bike path projects across the state, including Heartland.
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The modernized, more flexible command center at Heartland Community College allows students to make real-time decisions during space simulations.
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Heartland Community College enrollment grew incrementally to start the new term. Enrollment vice president Sarah Diel-Hunt said student headcount at Heartland is up 1.3%, while credit hours taken dropped by 0.9%.
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More than five years into a worsening behavioral health workforce shortage, the county, community partners and local colleges are still trying to recruit new workers and bounce back.
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Three local organizations are hosting National Recovery and National Suicide Prevention Month events in Bloomington-Normal toward the end of September.
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Construction continues on Heartland Community College's new electric vehicle lab, now named for the local insurance giant State Farm.