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Community College Role: A State Perspective.
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Roberts, Barbara – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Discusses the role of Oregon's community colleges in the state's economic development, focusing on the state's benchmarks for progress over the next 20 years, economic restructuring, regional workforce development, welfare reform, and business school partnerships. (MAB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
Union Roles in Workplace Literacy.
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Hensley, Stephen Michael – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Discusses roles for labor unions in resolving workforce deficiencies, suggesting that labor, management, and government must work together to develop cooperative training initiatives. Describes labor's historic role in basic and workplace literacy training, lists skills workers need in the "new" workplace, describes exemplary union-management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Labor Education, Labor Force Development
Technology Transfer: Continuing Education's Hidden Treasure for the 21st Century.
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Spaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Explains the technology transfer strategy, "Transformations," developed by the Center for Occupational Research and Development to provide pretechnology, technology core, and specialized training to help students learn or relearn the skills needed by today's technological work force. Describes the implementation of the strategy at…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Job Training
Linking for Lifelong Learning: Some Approaches in North Carolina Community and Technical Colleges.
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Owen, James H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1981
Reviews the North Carolina community college system's role in the state's economic development. Outlines a five-step process providing customized training program for new and expanding industries. Describes State Board regulations supporting preemployment and inservice training, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Manpower Resource Development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Schools, Industrial Training, Job Training