10/7/22 On The Mark: Mark & Ben host Financial Friday, then open phones, and a call from Elizabeth Bolden, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges

Robert Garrett, President, and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Art Thomas, Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., with their reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers. We’ll also discuss inflation, supply chain, worker shortage and other headwinds facing businesses today.  www.gsvcc.org Elizabeth Bolden, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges, on how the US jobs report Friday is the right fit—how career-track education, and thriving businesses go hand-in-hand with community colleges, how the interdependence on economic development and CCs working with specific students and specific companies is a home run. We ask: What are the Community College enrollment trends statewide? Is this trend consistent among the main campuses as well as satellite campuses?  We also love her anecdotes about ultra-successful CC grads who are making a big difference today. We’ll ask her view of GSVCC’s symbiosis with Luzerne County CC, and the idea of a new startup CC around here.  https://pacommunitycolleges.org/ Open phones. Ben’s got the goods this time. Pres. Biden is going down (politically speaking of course).