{"id":188296,"date":"2026-02-17T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:55:10","slug":"seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven colleges join CT\u2019s next AI workforce initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hartfordbusiness.com\/article\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/\">Seven colleges join CT\u2019s next AI workforce initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hartfordbusiness.com\/article\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/\">https:\/\/hartfordbusiness.com\/article\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-17 15:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"hartfordbusiness.com\">hartfordbusiness.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecticut is expanding artificial intelligence (AI) training at colleges and universities through the third phase of the statewide workforce program called Tech Talent Accelerator (TTA) 3.0.<\/li>\n<li>The program aims to prepare students and workers for fast-growing tech jobs, with a significant focus on AI skills due to the increasing demand driven by employers across various industries.<\/li>\n<li>TTA 3.0 will fund AI training at seven public and private colleges in partnership with 12 business partners. <\/li>\n<li>The expansion includes introducing AI content into existing programs or launching new credentials tailored for fields ranging from healthcare to cybersecurity, and is designed to provide practical experience through industry-linked projects.<\/li>\n<li>The push for AI training comes amid rising demand; state labor data show a 40% increase in job postings listing AI skills since August 2024, with one in 52 job postings now seeking AI expertise.<\/li>\n<li>Future plans include a second round of grants mid-2026 to expand the initiative based on the pilot&#8217;s outcomes and shape new programs to strengthen the talent pipeline for an AI-driven economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven colleges join CT\u2019s next AI workforce initiative https:\/\/hartfordbusiness.com\/article\/seven-colleges-join-cts-next-ai-workforce-initiative\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-17 15:35:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.hartfordbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gov._lamont_013-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-188296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188298,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188296\/revisions\/188298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}