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timely and relevant news about workforce development in
community colleges.
04/18/2012:
White House Hits Road to Promote Community Colleges, by
Matthew Dembicki, Community College Times
04/18/2012:
ED, USDA Partner to Better Serve Rural Areas, by Times
Staff, Community College Times
04/16/2012:
Great Bay Community College Banks on $20M Research Grant, by
Michael McCord, SeacoastOnline.com
04/11/2012:
ACT Commits to Help America Build Tomorrow’s Workforce Now ,
ACT, Inc
03/30/2012:
The Changing and Growing Needs of the Marine Industry, by
Ellie Ashford, Community College Times
03/29/2012:
Lone Star College Workforce Training Partnership Latest
Agreement Signed in Brazil, Lone Star College System
03/19/2012:
Patrick's Community College Plan has Support, by David
Riley, West Roxbury Transcript, Wicked Local
03/14/2012:
Bill Seeks $5B for Infrastructure, Looks to Restore CBJTG
Funding, by Times Staff, Community College Times
03/12/2012:
White House Proposes Expansion of Job-Training and Employment
Services, by Jennifer Gonzalez, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Students
02/26/2011:
Editorial: Wanted -- A Highly Skilled Workforce, StarTribune
02/14/2012:
Spartanburg Community College (SCC) and BMW Manufacturing Co.
cohosting the next AMTEC Academy to be held March 22-23 in
Spartanburg, SC, by AMTEC
02/10/2012:
Motorola CEO Calls for More Business, College Partnerships,
by Times Staff, Community College Times
01/19/2012:
Montgomery County Community College Partners with Toolwire and
Citrix to Train IT Professionals
01/18/2012:
Community Colleges to Train Baby Boomers for Jobs That Make a
Difference, American Association of Community Colleges
01/10/2012:
New Program to Train Salina Area Manufacturing Workforce, by
Todd Pittenger, KSALLink.com
01/09/2012:
Who Pays for Job Training?, by Joanne Jacobs, Community
College Spotlight
01/06/2012:
Community College Plan in Chicago Stresses Job Skills, by
Joanne Jacobs, US News and World Report
11/22/2011:
An Entrepreneur’s Take on Job Skills, by Madeline Patton,
Community College Times
11/07/2011:
State, Community Look for Ways to Help Close Job Gap, by
Anna Dolianitis, Aiken Standard
10/31/2011:
Students at Wake Tech Community College Talk Reform and Jobs,
ED.gov Blog
10/18/2011:
Educated Workers Needed for Health Care Jobs, LePage Says,
by Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News, Health & Fitness
10/13/2011:
Lansing Community College Launches New Website Designed to Help
Local Business, by Brandon Howell, MLive.com
10/12/2011:
CPS to Roll Out High School-College Hybrid - Program Will Offer
Students Technical Training, Preference for Entry-Level Jobs at
IBM, by Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune
10/11/2011:
'Jobs to Careers' Initiative Shows How to Grow Your Own Skilled
Workforce, by Jeff Landis, Jobs for the Future
10/09/2011:
Younger People Eyeing Farming as Career in Iowa, Associated
Press, chicagotribune.com
10/03/2011:
Area Community Colleges Get Grant for Roving Classrooms for
Occupational Training, by Renee Busby, al.com
09/25/2011:
Colleges Have Key Roles in Multi-Agency Workforce Initiative,
by Times Staff, Community College Times
09/19/2011:
Real-Time Labor Market Data To Help Colleges Align Curriculum to
Needs of Regional Economies, by Jeff Landis, Jobs for the
Future
09/12/2011:
Utah's 'Tuning Project' Helping Students Learn the Right Skills,
by Geoffrey Fattah, KSL.com
09/05/2011:
Tracking Trends: College Organic, Sustainability Programs
Growing, by Shannon Dinny, Community College Week
08/23/2011:
Getting the Word Out About Job Skills, by Matthew Dembicki,
Community College Times
08/15/2011:
Converting Cars From Gas to Electric, by Times Staff,
Community College Times
08/12/2011:Laid-Off
Aerospace Engineers Train for the Energy Industry, by Times
Staff, Community College News
08/09/2011:
11 States to Revamp Adult Basic Ed Programs, by Times Staff,
Community College Times
08/08/2011:
Tracking Trends : New Courses at NC Colleges Point to Skills
Employers Seek, by Emery P. Dalesio, Community College Week
08/05/2011:
Tracking Urban Inequalities, by Kevin
Kiley, Inside Higher Ed
08/04/2011:
11 States to Receive Grants to Redesign Adult Education, by
Rachel Wiseman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Community
Colleges
08/02/2011:
Manufacturing Institute, Wichita Area Technical College to Offer
Advanced Manufacturing Training, Kansas Department of
Commerce
08/02/2011:
CCRC Awarded Federal Grant to Establish a Research and
Development Center on Postsecondary Education and Employment,
CCRC
08/01/2011:
Community Colleges Step in to Fill the 'Skills Gap', by Tami
Luhby, CNN Money
07/20/2011:
Education Leaders, Policymakers Struggle To Define Emerging
Skills in ‘New Work’ Era, by Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Diverse
Issues in Higher Education
06/28/2011:
DOL Official Urges Credit for Short-term Training, Community
College Times
06/17/2011:
Kansas to Offer Manufacturing Credentials, by The Capital
Journal, cjonline.com
06/15/2011:
Lack of Jobs, Not Lack of Skills, Explains Underemployment Rate,
by Andrew Green and Josh Bivens, Economic Policy Institute
06/15/2011:
2 Million 'Open Jobs'? Yes, But U.S. Has A Skills Mismatch,
by Mark Memmott, The Two-Way, NPR
06/13/2011:
Jobs Council to Obama: Here's How to Create One Million Jobs
Quickly, by Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor
06/08/2001:
President Lambert Hears Obama Support Manufacturing Jobs and
Community Colleges, Shoreline Community College, ON Campus
06/06/2011:
Industry Puts Heat on Schools to Teach Skills Employers Need,
James R. Hagerty, The Wall Street Journal
06/06/2011:
Accelerated CPA Prep Courses Will Begin This Fall,
Montgomery County Community College
05/18/2011:
Digging Deeper Into What Caused Job Losses, Casey B.
Mulligan, NY Times.com
05/09/2011:
Former Mill Workers Are Ready For New Careers, by Times
Staff, Community College Times
04/15/2011:
Miami Dade College Launches Culinary Institute, by Tere
Estorino, League for Innovation
04/20/2011:
Responding to the Spill, by David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed
03/15/2011:
Hidden Workforce Challenges Domestic Economic Recovery, By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post
03/09/2011:
Seeking Employees with Problem-Solving Skills,
by Matthew Dembicki, Community College Times
03/09/2011:
Medical Students Offer Services Abroad as Part of Service
Learning, by Times Staff, Community College Times
03/04/2011:
Landing a Job: It's About Location and Education, by John W.
Schoen, Business, Eye on the Economy - msnbc.com
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Reports &
Articles:
05/02/2012:
A Faster Way to Solve the Jobs Dilemma, by Julian L. Alssid,
Workforce Strategy Center Blog
05/02/2012:
Internships: To Pay or Not to Pay?, by George Lorenzo,
Training Industry, Inc.
04/28/2012:
Gas Drilling Job-training Programs Pop Up in NY, by
Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal
04/26/2012:
Auto Program Shifts into High Gear, by Geoff Pursinger, The
Times
04/24/2012:
What’s Up with the Workforce Investment Act? , by George
Lorenzo, Training Industry, Inc
04/17/2012:
The Team Approach to Training Skilled Workers, by Matthew
Dembicki, Community College Times
04/16/2012:
Collaboration between Community Colleges and Automotive
Companies Results in New General Maintenance Mechatronics
Curriculum, by George Lorenzo, Training Industry, Inc.
04/16/2012:
Cover Story: In Control, by Paul Bradley, Community College
Week
04/16/2012:
POV: A Community-Based Approach to Growing the Middle-Skill
Workforce, by Ann M. Kress, Community College Week
04/15/2012:
Editorial: Getting More Out of Community Colleges, MetroWest
Daily News
04/15/2012:
Will Our Future Take Off?, by Troy McClelland and Richard
Cooper, HeraldNet, Opinion
04/12/2012:
Fewer Women Pursuing STEM Work, by Meagan Pant, Springfield
News-Sun
04/10/2012:
Retiring Boomers Complicate Skills Gap, by Dee DePass,
StarTribune, Business
04/10/2012:
Preparing for an Upswing in Transportation, by Ellie
Ashford, Community College Times
04/10/2012:
Community College Programs Help Fill Skills Gap in U.S., by
Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today
04/08/2012:
Federal Funds to Train the Jobless Are Drying Up, by Motoko
Rich, The New York Times
04/03/2012:
Students Receiving Solid Foundation in Math to Prepare for
High-tech Jobs, by Rob Vanya, San Jacinto College
04/2012:
Refocusing Adult Education on Career and Postsecondary Success:
An Analysis of Adult Education (Title II) Provisions in WIA
Reauthorization Proposals, by Marcie Foster, CLASP, Center
for Postsecondary and Economic Success (C-PES)
04/2012:
STEM Education: Preparing for the Jobs of the Future, by
the, U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Chairman’s Staff,
Senator Bob Casey, Chairman
03/30/2012:
Federal Dollars Helping to Keep WFD Alive at Community Colleges,
by George Lorenzo. Training Industry, Inc.
03/26/2012:
How Important is a Liberal Arts Education? , by George
Lorenzo, Training Industry, Inc.
03/21/2012:
A New Medical Career for a Displaced Construction Worker, by
Times Staff, Community College Times
03/20/2012:
Fewer Women Studying STEM at Community Colleges, by Times
Staff, Community College Times
03/17/2012:
Technical Colleges a Powerful Fuel for S.C. Economic Engine,
by Ron Brinson, The Post and Courier
03/12/2012:
State, Community Colleges Divided Over Schools’ Goals, by
Monica Brady-Myerov, WBUR
03/12/2012:
How Can Localities Support Job Growth?, by Dylan Scott,
GOVERNING
03/11/2012:
Lehigh University Helps Local Companies be Sustainable, by
Devon Lash, Chicago Tribune, Business
03/09/2012:
A&M Degrees Designed to Fill Gaps in Education, by John
Sharp, Houston Chronicle
03/07/2012:
$4.9 Million DOL Grant to Deliver Cyber Security Training to
Unemployed and Incumbent Workers, by Jeannie Peng-Armao, San
Jacinto College
03/05/2012:
Top U Fields have a Future in the Workforce, by Greta Kaul,
Minnesota Daily
03/05/2012:
Strengthen Your Workforce through Volunteer Programs, by
Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Harvard Business Review
03/05/2012:
Why STEM is Not Enough (and We Still Need The Humanities),
by Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, The Answer Sheet
03/04/2012:
Putting College Degrees to Work, by Jon Marcus, The Boston
Globe
03/02/2012:
Addressing the Skills Gap: How to Get People Trained Now, by
Steve Satterwhite, CNBC, News
03/01/2012:
Where the Jobs Are, the Training May Not Be, by Catherine
Rampell, The New York Times
03/2012:
Community Colleges Demonstrate Nimble Response to Industry and
Community Needs, March issue of Adult Career Pathways News
03/2012:
Employer Perceptions of Associate Degrees: Information
Technology Technicians in Detroit and Seattle (CCRC Brief No.
56), by Michelle Van Noy & James Jacobs, Community College
Research Center
Jan-Feb/2012:
"Tectonic Shifts" in Employment, by David Talbot, Technology
Review
02/29/2012:
Schools Try to Match the Jobless With 3.4 Million Jobs, by
Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, Education
02/23/2012:
Corporate Voices Weekly Update
02/21/2012:
'Skills Mismatch' Causing High Unemployment? Not Quite, by
Lila Shapiro, HuffPost, Business
2/21/2012:
Speed Puts Community Colleges Front and Center, by Justin
Pope, News and Talk of Sonoma County
02/21/2012:
White House Bus Tour Spotlights Top-notch Partnerships, by
Matthew Dembicki, Community College Times
02/18/2012:
Nurses Prepare for Expanded Roles, by Henry L. Davis,
BuffaloNews.com
02/17/2012:
Training 21st Century Workers Isn’t Fast or Easy, by Joanne
Jacobs, Community College Spotlight
02/17/2012:
A Blueprint for a 21st Century Workforce, by Richard
Florida, The Atlantic Cities, Jobs & Economy
02/15/2012:
Skills Gap and the Hispanic Imperative, by Peter McAliney,
The Conference Board, Human Capital Exchange
02/13/2012:
A Community College-Employer Partnership Leading the Way to 21st
Century Jobs, by Seth Harris, US Department of Labor, (Work
In Progress)
02/13/2012:
Obama to Promote Job Training at Community College, Associated
Press, Chicago Sun Times
02/06/2012:
Grand Rapids Community College Green Jobs Training Program is
Expanding, by Brian McVicar, MLive.com
02/06/2012:
Unemployment Drop Still Leaves Low Skill Workers Behind, by
Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post
02/03/2012:
Workforce: Region has Challenges in Finding Workforce, by
Alan Van Ormer, Prairie Business Magazine
02/02/2012:
High Schoolers Give Their Take on the Trade Skills Gap, by
Justin Corr, KTVB.COM, Business
02/02/2012:
Community Colleges Can Play Key Role in Filling State's 'Skills
Gap' , by Deval Patrick, Lowell Sun Online
02/2012:
Just Add Seasoning - A Business Case for Tapping Mature Talent,
CAEL
02/2012:
Employer Perceptions of Associate Degrees in Local Labor
Markets: A Case Study of the Employment of Information
Technology Technicians in Detroit and Seattle (CCRC Working
Paper No. 39) , by Michelle Van
Noy & James Jacobs, Community College Research Center
01/28/2012:
Greater Cleveland Manufacturers Testing New Strategies to Fight
Skills Gap, by Robert L. Smith, Cleveland.com
01/24/2012:
LSC-Montgomery Introduces Online Career Coach, by Carrie
Thornton, Your Houston News
01/23/2012:
Business and Community College Partnerships: A Blueprint,
Corporate Voices for Working Families
01/23/2012:
Governor Patrick Makes Community Colleges Focus of His Sixth
State of the Commonwealth Speech, by Noah Bierman and Frank
Phillips, Political Intelligence
01/21/2012:
Merit Badges for the Job Market, by Jeffery R. Young, The
Wall Street Journal
01/19/2012:
North Carolina Seeks Its Next Generation of Workers, by
Bruce Katz and Judith Rodin, The Atlantic Cities, Jobs & Economy
01/19/2012:
Building a Technically Skilled Workforce, by Louis Soares
and Stephen Steigleder, Center for American Progress
01/18/2012:
Sustainable Agriculture Industry Feeds Growing Job Market,
by Stuart Rosenfeld, Community College Times
01/16/2012:
Liberal Arts Degrees: An Asset At Some Companies,
by Clay Masters, NPR
01/12/2012:
Efforts Are Under Way to Tie College to Job Needs,
by Reeve Hamilton
01/11/2012:
Who are Manufacturers Hiring? Answer: People with Skills,
Michigan Radio
01/09/2012:
Cover Story: Stressed Out, by Paul Bradley, Community
College Week
01/07/2012:
7 Trends Driving the Future of Corporate Training Services in
Community Colleges, by Paul Seidel, TrainingIndustry.com
01/07/2012:
Private Sector Gets Job Skills; Public Gets Bill,
by Motoko Rich, NYTimes.com
01/05/2012:
Auto Industry Expects Flexible, Multi-skilled Employees, by
Kristin Dziczek, Community College Times
01/04/2012:
Credentials Give Prospective Firefighters an Edge in Finding
Jobs, by Stacy Hudson, Community College Times
12/28/2011:
Developing a Successful Entrepreneurship Program, by Jack
Huck, Community College Times
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