Podcast – Community Colleges Explore New Paradigms for Workforce Development

Community, technical, and vocational colleges play an important role in preparing the workforce for immediate labor demands of local employers and promoting full employment in their service regions.

However, current economic conditions have challenged traditional models necessitating revised and, in some cases, completely new approaches. In this podcast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Dr. Rolando Montoya, provost at the nation’s largest non-profit institution of higher learning, discusses how a community college can nimbly adjust its curriculum to respond to the fast changing workforce needs of local businesses and strengthen local economic development.

Podcast: http://www.frbatlanta.org/ (You’ll need to search for it a little bit but the journey is worth it.)