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Filling the Void: The Roles of a Local Applied Research Center and a Statewide Workforce Training Consortium
Author(s) -
Perniciaro Richard C.,
Nespoli Lawrence A.,
Anbarasan Sivaraman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20155
Subject(s) - workforce , community college , workforce development , training (meteorology) , center (category theory) , medical education , perception , political science , sociology , public relations , psychology , geography , medicine , chemistry , neuroscience , meteorology , law , crystallography
This chapter describes the development of an applied research center at Atlantic Cape Community College and a statewide workforce training consortium run by the community college sector in New Jersey. Their contributions to the economic development mission of the colleges as well as their impact on the perception of community colleges by stakeholders are discussed.