Montana Education/Business Partnerships

Montana State University Billings College of Technology is Montana’s only nationally accredited paramedic program and places 100 percent of its graduates.

Using the findings from 80 interviews and 1400 survey responses of post-secondary students and administrators, the report advocates for creating credentialing pathways using career-related courses and increasing financial aid options for adult students.

This is a conference should be attended by everyone interested in the future of Montana. Remember…. The State with the Best Education Wins!

UM’s dining service is purchasing 15.6 percent of its $3 million food budget from regional producers as part of its Farm to College Program.

Merging private industry with public education is a relatively new trend, and if monitored closely, business agreements such as these will benefit everyone involved, said Sheila Stearns, Montana commissioner of higher education.

Through Innovation America, governors are working to raise standards, strengthen curriculum, improve teaching and motivate more students to pursue careers in science and technology."

25 computers from his office to be used by students at Libby, Lodge Grass, Poplar and Browning high schools.

Funds will compliment $1 million the Victor Schools Foundation raised through fundraising projects and a $1 million matching grant from the Mary Stewart Rogers Foundation. That money will fund a 24,000-square-foot building that will house a two-story performing arts center, the district’s science program and several classrooms.

Eleven proposals from teachers and schools have won grants from the nonprofit foundation, which was created to raise private funds to support Bozeman’s schools.

“This whole thing is asking the regents to revise what they do and this is rather mystifying,” Morton said. “We are bringing outside intellectual property into UM and asking, ‘Do you want to be part of this?’ ”