National Labor College – Tailor Made for BAC Members

JOURNAL: ISSUE 2 - 2012

Just before Dr. Paula Peinovich, the President of the National Labor College (NLC), was scheduled to speak to the BAC Executive Council late last year, she found herself searching for the meeting room. As she later told Council members, "I got into an elevator and the person getting out started to critique how the tiles had been laid on the elevator floor and how they were off-kilter. I knew I was in the right place."

"For those who have completed close to two years or more, the NLC's online degree programs, including one in Construction Management, are an affordable, convenient way to gain the credits they need to graduate and broaden their career options."

—BAC President James Boland

After nearly two and a half years at the helm of the NLC, Peinovich, who hails from a family of union school teachers, is clearly in the right place. "Her excitement about the academic vitality of the NLC, about being a part of the labor movement, and about increasing career paths for union members is infectious," says BAC President James Boland, who serves on the NLC Board of Trustees.

Adds Boland, "We know from regular member surveys that almost a third of BAC members have either graduated from college or have some college under their belts. For those who have completed close to two years or more, the NLC's online degree programs, including one in Construction Management, are an affordable, convenient way to gain the credits they need to graduate and broaden their career options."

Boland encourages members with fewer college credits or those who want to get started on a college track to check out the equally affordable, online BAC University, a program developed by the IU in partnership with Washtenaw Community College (WCC) that grants 25 college credits to members who have completed a BAC apprenticeship program plus WCC's Construction Supervision program.

For more information and links to the National Labor College and BAC University, go to www.bacweb.org, select "Training, Education and Safety ", then click "Education", or contact the BAC Education Department at 1-888-880-8222 ext. 3111 or askbac@bacweb.org.