National Council for Workforce Education

Counting the Hidden Assets

Counting the Hidden Assets: First Steps in Assessing the Impact of Community College Noncredit Education Programs on the Workforce and Local Economies

KY Lineman Training Program

The Lineman Training Center prepares apprentice‐level students for employment in the electrical industry. The curriculum is offered in four (4) phases, each eight weeks in length.

The Labor Market Then and Now: Changing Realities for the 21st Century

The labor market, workforce, and education are undergoing significant changes in the first decade of the 21st Century. While it is widely known that the unemployment rate skyrocketed during the Great Recession, other features of work in America have also undergone profound, but less visible changes.

Partnership with UMKC Engineering

This program consists of a special set of BTC courses in machine shop safety, manual milling, and welding that are designed for UMKC engineering students.

Cerner Corporation KCIT Internship Program

Metropolitan Community College MissouriAfter experiencing increasing challenges hiring qualified employees, Cerner Corporation approached MCC about creating a pipeline of new IT talent.

Mapping Green Career Pathways: Job Training and Infrastructure Opportunities in Michigan

This paper identifies training opportunities in Michigan that prepare workers for green-collar jobs in the construction and manufacturing sectors, and that represent key elements of an integrated green workforce development system

Workforce Development Jobs Skills Training Program

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Program Description:
Tidewater Community College’s Job Skills Training Program (JSTP) is one of the most successful workforce development programs in the nation. The National Alliance of Community &…

US Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create New Jobs

The "Job Impacts of a National Renewable Electricity Standard" study was released by the RES Alliance for Jobs and found that a 25% by 2025 national RES would support an additional 274,000 renewable energy jobs over a no-national policy option.

NSC Analysis of 2011 Budget

On February 1, President Obama transmitted his $3.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2011 budget request to Congress. The National Skills Coalition has provided a preliminary analysis of the budget and key…

Donna Brazile to Keynote 2010 Conference

"Donna Brazile is hard to ignore, given her penchant for candor and 20 years’ experience in the making of Democratic presidential candidates. She feels that getting a candidate elected takes the same artful mix as cooking up a fine gumbo. And her political opinions are as fiery as Tabasco.” –The New York Times