'This Is the Model': A $40 Million Program for Workforce Training in Virginia

For many rural learners, they need a few essential things to access job training: funding to pay for the program, reliable transportation, proximity to the college and an assurance that this will be worth their time and money. Specifically, will this credential actually lead to a higher-paying role?

Keith Harkins, vice president of academic and workforce programs at Southside Virginia Community College, said Virginia's FastForward program is checking those boxes...