Community college and industry partnerships
Among higher education institutions, community colleges stand closest to the crossroads of higher education and the real world, where there is a necessity to apply a mix of technical knowledge, business acumen and creativity to add value in firms whose imperative is to compete on innovation. This complex talent mix requires knowledge and skills gleaned from both academic education and vocational training. The only way to deliver curriculum and instruction models that contain this integration of vocation and employment-oriented goals is for business and education leaders to build collaborations ... Show more
Authors: Soares, Louis
Published: Washington, District of Columbia, American Association of Community Colleges, 2010
Resource type: Conference paper
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http://www2.ed.gov/PDFDocs/college-completion/02-community-college-and-industry-partnerships.pdf
