Creating Opportunities: Tennessee's Southeast Regional Skills Center.

Baldwin, Fred D.

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ERIC Number: EJ661638

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Creating Opportunities: Tennessee's Southeast Regional Skills Center.

Baldwin, Fred D.

Appalachia, v35 n1-3 p22-27 Jan-Dec 2002

Rural Marion County (Tennessee), the town of Kimball, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and a local community college founded a regional skills center. The center offers a 2-year associate of science degree and classes in GED preparation, parenting, drug abuse prevention, cosmetology, and air conditioning and refrigeration. It has expanded twice since its inception due to high demand. (TD)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning, High School Equivalency Programs, Higher Education, Job Training, Parent Education, Partnerships in Education, Program Descriptions, Rural Education, Skill Centers, Vocational Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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