Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: First-Generation Student Finds Her Purpose in the Nursing Program

Mar 6, 2026 | Blog

Nayelly Granillo-Rios ’26 has experienced many firsts throughout her academic career. She is the first in her family to pursue a college degree. The first of her loved ones to leave New Mexico and move to Texas. And now, she is helping shape history as one of the...

Education officials look to grade schoolers to overcome state nursing shortage

Mar 2, 2026 | In the News

Texas does not have enough nurses to meet demand. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, a report shows that from now through 2036, some popular nursing careers like registered nurses and certified nurse midwives will be in a deficit compared to...

Stackable Credentials in Career Connected Learning Efforts

Feb 20, 2026 | Case Studies

What’s happening: MGT’s new four-part report series explores how states and regions are redefining education-to-career systems: connecting students to meaningful, paid pathways that lead to economic mobility and meet workforce demand. The Stackable Credentials...

Central Texas Healthcare Partnership: Accelerated Second Degree Nursing Success at Fairfield University

Feb 2, 2026 | Blog

Heather Severson used her undergraduate degree in molecular biology and physiology to start a career as a scientist. Though she found lab work interesting and had earned a few promotions, she felt disconnected from the families that her efforts benefited. Unfulfilled,...

New healthcare career program coming to Hays CISD, Pflugerville ISD fall 2026

Aug 27, 2025 | In the News

A new healthcare-focused career program will launch next fall in Hays CISD and Pflugerville ISD, in partnership with Austin Community College and the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. Announced during the inaugural State of Healthcare Workforce Forum Aug. 26, the...