Supporting Advanced Manufacturing Growth: How Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Economic Development Shocks?

• In Event: Research In Progress Roundtable Session 5
  In Invited Roundtable: Research on Community Colleges: Faculty Experiences, Sense of Belonging, and Institutional Responses to Changing Economic Environments (Table 1)

Abstract

Recent federal and state investment in advanced manufacturing in Kentucky has led to an increase in demand for more skilled labor, particularly in rural communities around the state. Traditionally, the two year community college system has been seen as the center of workforce development. This project seeks to understand how community colleges respond to changes in local workforce demand.

Author

• Emily Wilcox Walls, University of Kentucky