Demand driven. We dont train widget makers. The commune to College System has worked so remarkably well. One of the biggest differences between 10 years ago and now and why this is working well is the level of business engagement. If you go to Front Range Community college in colorado, he will see they have an advanced manufacturing partnership, a partnership between the federal, state and local government, the Business Community and others. Look and see the curriculum is being devised within industry. There are businesses whose workers are professors. One of the reasons they love teaching is they cherry pick the best students. That tiny build your talent pipeline. That is how you build your talent pipeline. Thank you for your leadership on behalf of comedic colleges. We had four years of desk cap grants. Community colleges. It stands for using comedic colleges to catalyze change. What i learned from these grants is that oftentimes, businesses were not talking enough to educators. In l
Because, you know what . I can look around this table and some of you have come in with innovative ideas that i had not thought about. I dont know if it will work, but there is enough evidence and logic to indicate we should try it. Trying to create a space for that is what we are working to do. Governor mccrory, governor walker. Governor mccrory madam, thank you. I have enjoyed your visit and your cookies and your lemonade at the executive mansion, i hope you enjoyed it. A really good time. First of all, i want to congratulate you on your comments on your focus on Mental Health and i include that in addiction because i think that is one of the most serious issues we are facing, as i have found out in my 2. Ive years in my 2. 5 years. The addiction is ending up in our prisons, emergency rooms, and our state prisons and that is not the solution. We have got to come up with a longterm partnership with the federal government, local government, and everyone involved to deal with this very
Level of business engagement. If you go to Front Range Community college where ive been in colorado you will see they have an advanced manufacturing partnership. Its a partnership between the federal state and local government. You see that the curriculum is being devised in partnership with industry. You actually see that there are businesses whose workers are professors. And what they tell me is one of the reasons they love teaching is they cherry pick the best students. And thats fine. Thats how you build your talent pipeline. And so we need to continue the efforts. And, again governor fallin thank you for your leadership on behalf of Community Colleges. We had four years worth of what we call tax grants. We have since dismissed our acronym director because its a clumsy acronym. What it stands for is using Community Colleges to catalyze change in the work force system. What i learned from these grants is that oftentimes businesses werent talking enough to educators. And so in los an
As part of its ongoing efforts to meet local workforce demands, Keene State College has partnered with the American Center for Optics Manufacturing Inc., to expand opportunities for students, faculty