A Portfolio of Community College Initiatives in Rural Economic Development (123 pages)

Portfolio is intended for use by community and technical college administrators at state and local levels and by local community leaders and economic development organizations. Section 1 profiles 20 local community college initiatives in rural economic development. The profiles provide a wide range of alternative models for effective programs which go beyond traditional job training efforts. Each profile describes the genesis of the program; recruitment, delivery, and staffing for the program; participants; funding sources; linkages with traditional economic development organizations; a local contact person; and available materials. Extensive use is made of quotes by local college administrators to highlight key points for others to consider in establishing similar programs. A second section summarizes state programs that are community college-based and that have implications for rural economic development. The state sununaries are predominantly job training programs to enable community colleges to provide customized job training, but in a few instances there are key innovations that encourage use of these institutions as statewide economic development tools and technology transfer vehicles. There were few programs found that were actually targeted to rural areas. Portfolio also contains an executive summary with conclusions drawn from the research.

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