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Advantages of Working with Workforce Development and Corporate Training Departments at Community Colleges
Both private, for-profit corporate training companies and community college workforce development and corporate training departments compete for training contracts as well as create meaningful partnerships between each other to meet the requests of employers in today’s training marketplace. This simultaneously...…
American Association of Community Colleges Report Calls for Dramatic Change
On April 21, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) released a report titled “Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future.” It was created by AACC’s 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, comprised of 38...…
BlueVolt and Evergreen Marketing Group Launch Evergreen University
PORTLAND, Ore. – April 27, 2012 – BlueVolt (www.BlueVolt.com), the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the construction, manufacturing and service industries, and Evergreen Marketing Group are pleased to launch Evergreen University. This elearning resource will extend...…
Collaboration between Community Colleges and Automotive Companies Results in New General Maintenance Mechatronics Curriculum
The Automotive Manufacturing Technical Collaborative (AMTEC), comprised of 23 community colleges and 21 industry partners, has developed a general maintenance mechatronics curriculum for the automotive industry that has the potential to also be utilized in other advanced manufacturing job sectors...…
Federal Dollars Helping to Keep WFD Alive at Community Colleges
Pockets of workforce development initiatives at community colleges are showing great promise through recent funding from the federal government. However, on the opposite side of the funding bar, state dollars at community colleges have shrunk in 43 states, resulting in...…
noodleStream.com® works with the American Petroleum Institute
OKLAHOMA CITY (March 7, 2012) —noodleStream.com, makers of SafetySkills™ eLearning Solutions, announced today that they are now working with the American Petroleum Institute (API) to deploy state-of-the-art, web-based, EHS training targeted at upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas activities...…
Comprehensive Electrical and Motor Controls eTraining Program Now Available Online Through Learning Management System (LMS)
Miami, FL-- February 29, 2012. TekSo Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of a 20-Course eTraining Program on Electrical and Motor Controls (EMC). The EMC Training Program covers the most critical and fundamental skills that everyone in a manufacturing...…