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ERIC Number: EJ631375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
A New Tradition To Fit the Model.
Darnell, D. Roe; Rosenthal, Donna McCrohan
Community College Journal, v71 n6 p38-40 Jun-Jul 2001
Discusses Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest (California), where 80-85 of all local jobs are with one employer, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS). States that massive layoffs at NAWS inspired creative ways of rethinking the community college model at Cerro Coso, such as creating the nation's first computer graphics imagery (CGI) academy open to the general public. (NB)
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Skills, Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Economic Development, Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Labor Market, Labor Needs, Labor Supply, Social Capital
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cerro Coso Community College CA