What has undergirded the city of Scrantons resilience over all these years has been a heritage of hard work and sacrifice and an enduring belief in the promise of tomorrow. Today Scrantons economy has been transformed by socalled "meds and eds." The city is home to some of our States top universities and medical facilities. It is a community of entrepreneurs and is being shaped by a new generation of immigrants seeking the same better life as Scrantonians of an earlier era. Driving the citys education sector are the five colleges and universities that are preparing thousands of students for careers in the 21stcentury economyadvanced manufacturing. technology. and energy. The Commonwealth Medical College. which is the first M.D.-granting medical school built in Pennsylvania since 1962. is providing stateoftheart medical education to medical students from across the globe.
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