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Community colleges brief committee on career-technical education, enrollments and Wyoming Innovation Partnership work
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The Wyoming Community College Commission and several college presidents told the Joint Education Committee that career and technical education and noncredit workforce training are central to the colleges’ role and to meeting employer needs statewide.
The Wyoming Community College Commission and several college presidents told the Joint Education Committee that career and technical education (CTE) and workforce training are central to community colleges’ missions and to state workforce needs.
Ben Moritz, executive director of the Community College Commission, described rising CTE enrollment and the sector’s shift toward more certificate-level training and older, returning adult students. “About 10 years ago the number of transfer students was about... 62% of the amount,” he said, noting CTE now represents a larger share of college enrollments.
President Brad Tindall of Central Wyoming College and other…
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