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Pauley, Douglas R.; Davidchik, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
In 2004, Central Community College (CCC) established the Mechatronics Education Center (MEC), a regional center of excellence, to help the state address the shortage of skilled technicians in the area of industrial automation. The MEC addresses the needs of the current and future workforce through the implementation of its three main components:…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Service Centers
Hoops, John – Complete College America, 2010
This is a report about a unique postsecondary education system, the Tennessee Technology Centers--a statewide system of 27 institutions providing a wide range of rigorous, one to two year, technical/occupational education programs at consistently high completion and placement rates in high skill and relatively high wage employment. This report…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Delivery Systems, Graduation Rate
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2008
The Los Rios Community College District has proposed to convert its Davis outreach operations to a single, state-approved educational center. The proposal responds to the district's need to expand educational services in the Davis area. The area is marked by high student demand and limited instructional facilities. In the 2006-07 academic year,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outreach Programs, Education Service Centers, Program Proposals
Marrow, Alvin J. – 1994
The Business Industry and Technical Assistance Center (BITAC) was established in 1986 at Hazard Community College, in Kentucky, to serve as an information and technical assistance center for small business. As the local area began to face layoffs in the coal mining industry, however, the center extended its services in four principal areas:…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Community Information Services, Dislocated Workers
Stephenson, Gwendolyn W. – 1995
St. Louis Community College (SLCC), in Missouri, is currently involved in various programs designed to address the issues of drop-outs, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, crime, underemployment, and unemployment. One such program is the Emerson Electric Co. Minority Engineering Scholarships which since 1988 has provided scholarships to 80 minority…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Role, Community Colleges, Education Service Centers
Javens, Jack R. – 1977
Description and evaluation of services offered by the Career Center at Imperial Valley College, a community college located in southeastern California, is reported in this document. (The college serves a large percentage of disadvantaged students, predominantly Mexican-American.) The evaluation report includes discussion of the following areas:…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Planning, Community Colleges