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North Idaho College struggling to train enough students for ‘middle-skill’ positions

October 18, 2009 /

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

The bulk of jobs in Idaho and Washington in the next few years will be in what are called "middle-skill" categories, which require education beyond high school, but not a four-year college degree.

A report released this week says that economic recovery will be tied to states’ abilities to prepare workers for jobs such as sales and administrative jobs. That could put an additional burden on community colleges already dealing with budget reductions.

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