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ERIC Number: ED486151
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jan-29
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Workforce Strategy Center Comments on President Bush's Call for Community-Based Job Training Grants. Policy Brief
Workforce Strategy Center
After careful review Workforce Strategy Center has articulated a policy assessment of President George W. Bush's Community-Based Job Training Grants initiative. WSC called the $250 million Community-Based Job Training Grants plan right on track by emphasizing: A Strong Role of Community Colleges in Workforce Development: All available research demonstrates that job training and employment services delivered in association with community colleges has a higher likelihood of instilling the credentials and skill-sets that employers are looking for. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the greatest job growth in the U.S. through 2010 is in jobs requiring an associate degree, increasing 32%. Jobs requiring an associate degree or a postsecondary certification are growing 60% faster than the job market as a whole. WSC stated that overall the President?s plan will move workforce in the right direction, but issued a set of challenges that community colleges and peer institutions must overcome to achieve greater success.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Workforce Strategy Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Identifiers - Location: California; Michigan; New Jersey; Wisconsin
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A