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Spotlight on Workforce Solutions Distance Learning Helps Alleviate Workforce Issues in Alaska
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb07989.x
Subject(s) - workforce , certification , foundation (evidence) , distance education , engineering management , engineering , computer science , business , political science , sociology , management , pedagogy , economics , law
This article highlights a web‐based distance learning program offered by the University of Alaska Southeast's Environmental Technology (ENVT) Program. Developed under a 1995 National Science Foundation Grant, ENVT is helping to reduce the gap between the need for knowledgeable, technically capable utility operators and the available pool of skilled, certified people to fill those positions.