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Sector Workforce Development: Auto Communities Consortium

Sector Workforce Development: Auto Communities Consortium. Jim Jacobs Macomb Community College Rebecca Nickoli Ivy Tech Community College October 21, 2012. New Basic Assumptions .

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Sector Workforce Development: Auto Communities Consortium

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  1. Sector Workforce Development: Auto Communities Consortium Jim Jacobs Macomb Community College Rebecca Nickoli Ivy Tech Community College October 21, 2012

  2. New Basic Assumptions • Workforce preparation is an aspect of student success and all parts of the organization are dedicated to student success. • Workforce development is tied to economic development, and this is a major mission of the institution. • The strategic role of the college is to serve as a gateway of opportunity, especially to those from families without a background in post-secondary education.

  3. Workforce Development Trends • Community colleges have three large markets that require different programs and organization: • Young students looking for career pathways • Dislocated workers or adults reentering the workforce • Incumbent workers seeking greater workforce skills • Local communities matter—dominant local economic sectors are critical • The alignment, simplification and focus of workforce development is essential for the future. • Measurements of success should be more than job placement

  4. Workforce Development and Community College . • The goal of most community college programs is to lower risk for students. • In specific sectors colleges can create employment opportunities for students. • College credit and non-credit programs need to be organized around the different constituencies served.

  5. Workforce Specialization • Colleges make a choices to invest heavily in particular areas. • Choice guided by understanding the needs of the community, the availability of funding, and the previous work of the college • This approach has implications for the comprehensive community college.

  6. Origins of Auto Communities Consortium • The great recession presented major challenges to all manufacturing communities • Not just a lost of jobs, but a loss of sectors of work essential to community well-being • Community colleges deluged with students, but colleges needed to be proactive • Similarities across state lines---need for a federal policy

  7. ACC’s Three Features • Peer learning organization: learn by doing • Presidential leadership encourages institutional change • Implementation across state lines: large corporations need joint approaches and communities are similar

  8. Auto Communities Consortium • Develop ways of sustaining advanced manufacturing pathways—mechatronics one example • Presidential involvement to create institutional change • Working with large corporations: HRPolicy Association • Emphasis on job creation through economic development

  9. Macomb Community College, MI. The “New Economy” Initiative working with the defense industry. -Convenes a consortium to attract defense business -Provides assistance for small contractors -The “Arsenal of Innovation”

  10. Harper College, IL Organized forums to engage companies from manufacturing and logistics. -Identified industry training needs -New program Advanced Manufacturing underpinned by MSSC -New internship opportunities- “Earn to Learn”

  11. Ivy Tech Community College, IN Navistar/Pure Power Technology -Rapid response to Navistar foundry shut-down -UAW and Navistar partner to create PPT -Foundry re-opens only block and head manufacturer in U.S. using compacted graphite iron -PPT and UAW lead efforts in neighborhood revitalization- a new motorsports corridor

  12. White Mountains Community College, NH Northern Forest Sustainable Economy Initiative -Protect and enhance the region’s assets -Encourage business and workforce development -Encourage Entrepreneurship -Advocate for the region -College an integral part of this activity

  13. Concerns • Does this approach add to complexity at the institution—both for students, employers, and the “brand” of the institution • How is this approach related to the increasing demand for credentials of value • Less attempt to “know” where the jobs are as opposed to focus upon the major local sectors and key sectors • Not enough jobs—colleges need to create jobs in their local communities

  14. Questions jacobsj@macomb.edu rnickoli@ivytech.edu

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