History of Occupational Education
In the 1960s and 1970s, occupational education moved into these types of higher education institutions from vocational schools and technical institutes
What are community colleges?
This president created the American Graduate Initiative in 2009 with the goal to provide $1 billion per year for 10 years to promote college completion, modernize community college facilities, and expand online education
Who is Barack Obama?
Students often do this with credentials in order to work towards a larger, more advanced credential
What is stack?
ACC's Advanced Manufacturing Program has a partnership with this electronic car company headquartered in Austin
What is Tesla?
In what year did Congress pass the Vocational Education Act?
What is 1963?
What is stigma?
The stimulus funding awarded during this recent pandemic was used by some community colleges to fund occupational education programs
What is COVID-19?
This type of credential is typically related to a particular field and is growing in popularity...so much so that states like Arizona award more of them than associate's degrees
What is a certificate?
ACC offers this type of degree, which requires 120 credit hours, in Applied Technology in Manufacturing Technology
What is a bachelor's degree?
This type of function was the primary concern of community colleges until the 1960s
What is the transfer function?
Reauthorized numerous times since 1984, the Carl D. Perkins legislation allocated funding to community colleges and these educational institutions to integrate academic and occupational curriculum
What are high schools?
The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) and Associate of Applied Business (AAB) have been seen as this type of degree, meaning students do not necessarily need to continue their studies after earning it
What is a terminal degree?
ACC has a 4D simulator for students working toward their CDL, a requirement for this career pathway
What is truck driving?
In recent years, occupational education programs and these types of programs have become more cohesive since employers want employees with technical and soft skills
What are liberal arts programs?
Across party lines, the federal government has supported these types of programs in which a person can gain on-the-job experience, typically in a technical field or skilled trade, while also pursuing a post-secondary credential
What are apprenticeships?
These types of courses are typically easier to roll out at community colleges since they depend on contact hours rather than credit hours
One of the industry partners of ACC is this Korean company which manufactures items ranging from semiconductors to smartphones to refrigerators
What is Samsung?
What are corporate partners?
This federal government department said that the $2 billion of funding for 2011's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grants would "address the challenges of today’s workforce"
What is the Department of Labor?
Students who already hold a four-year degree and return to earn stackable credentials at a community college may be seen as doing college in this way (hint: it's a direction)
What is backwards?
This type of training is offered at ACC through their Start Manufacturing program with a local business partner
What is contract training?