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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WE CONTINUE OUR WEEK-LONG SERIES, LOOKING AT THE AMERICAN WORK FORCE. ON THURSDAY, KEY FEDERAL JOBS PROGRAMS. WE WILL WRAP UP THE WEEK WITH WOMEN IN...
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: IT IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO SCALE UP THE WORK FORCE SO WE CAN MATCH UP THE SKILLS REQUIRED WITH THE WAYS THE ECONOMY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA -- HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU RECEIVE FROM THE GRANT PROGRAM, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT? GUEST: WE'RE STILL
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Templin, Robert - President
IN THE PHASE WHERE THE THE PAPROPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTICIPATED IN THREE ROUNDS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A LOT OF INTEREST FROM YOUTH APPLYING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE AREAS YOU OUTLINED? GUEST: OVER
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Templin, Robert - President
THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUR ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED OVER 12,000 STUDENTS. THAT HAS MADE UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATING RECENTLY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF THIS, FOR THOSE PEOPLE ENROLLING, THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO TRADITIONAL FOUR-YEAR DEGREE BUT GO TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE? GUEST:
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Templin, Robert - President
ACTUALLY, THEY CAN DO BOTH. MANY STUDENTS START AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GET JOB-RELATED SKILLS, EARN AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND THEN THEY CAN QUALIFY TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OUR FOCUS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION. IF YOU LIVE IN THE EASTERN CENTRAL AREA, DIAL IN AT 202- 624-1111. FROM THE MOUNTAIN PACIFIC AREA, 202-64-1115. IF YOU'RE...
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Templin, Robert - President
THE ECONOMY GENERALLY. IN THE FIELD WEATHER IS STILL STRONG DEMAND, JOB PLACEMENT CONTINUES TO BE HIGH BUT STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING AS MANY OFFERS AS...
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Templin, Robert - President
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIKE YOURS DIFFER FROM THE TRADITIONAL FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE AS FAR AS JOB PLACEMENT, GETTING THOSE STUDENTS THE GRADUATE JOBS? HOST:...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OUR STUDENTS USUALLY HAVE SOME FORM OF ON- THE-JOB EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO GRADUATE, AND THAT CREATES A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STUDENT AND EMPLOYER. IT OFTEN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
VIEWERS THIS LATEST STATISTIC. JOB GAINS AMONG VIEWERS 25 AND OLDER, IF YOU ARE A HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUT, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE. FOR UNEMPLOYMENT....
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Templin, Robert - President
YOU CAN GET JOB TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND LEVERAGE THAT TO A BACCALAUREATE. SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO TO GET JOB TRAINING BEFORE GOING TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
JIM, YOU'RE ON THE AIR WITH BOB TEMPLIN. GO AHEAD. CALLER: YES,
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CALLER, -
I GRADUATED WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION, AND BEFORE THAT I WAS LAID OFF A TRYING JOB. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING EMPLOYMENT...
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Templin, Robert - President
THINGS. COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE INCREASINGLY MAKING SURE THAT THERE PROGRAMS ARE AFFILIATED WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS SO STUDENTS CAN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
DIANA, WHERE DO YOU GO TO COLLEGE? CALLER: I GO TO ESSEX
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND I GRADUATE IN TWO WEEKS. HOST: WHAT IS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE JOB PROSPECTS LOOKING LIKE? CALLER: IN THIS AREA,
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NOT TOO GOOD, BUT I AM QUESTIONING HOW THE PROGRAMS WORK. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TRAINING US FOR A WORKFORCE THAT IS IN CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREA. TO PUT IN...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE NOT GETTING THAT JOB, WHO IS? CALLER: I DO
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CALLER, -
NOT KNOW. PROVIDERS ARE RESISTING IT OR THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY. ALL THE MONEY THAT THEY ALLOCATED TO PUT INTO THIS, LIKE 90 BILLION OF THE STIMULUS...
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CALLER, -
HERE WE ARE GOING TO GRADUATE AND THERE IS NO HELP TO CONNECT US WITH THE PEOPLE THAT NEED US. THE WHOLE REASON FOR THE STIMULUS MONEY WAS TO TRAIN THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TEMPLIN? GUEST: THE ECONOMY
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Templin, Robert - President
IS IN TOUGH SHAPE, EVEN THE HEALTH-CARE SECTOR WHERE THERE IS STILL DEMAND. EMPLOYERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK FROM EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS WHO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS HEALTH I.T. CONSIDERED?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: TURNING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN MOUNTED AND STUDENTS ARE BEGINNING TO COME INTO THE WORKFORCE HAVING COMPLETED THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT WAS PART OF THE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EDUCATION AND SELLER, 25-34 WITH HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND MEDIAN INCOME FOR MALES. AMONG WOMEN, EARNED...
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Templin, Robert - President
EDUCATION TENDS TO BE ON A STATE-BY-STATE BASIS. EACH STATE HAVING DIFFERENT POLICIES AND RULES. AND VIRGINIA, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE STANDARDIZED COURSE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM UTICA, NEW YORK.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: IS THAT ROBERT TEMPLIN? WHAT IS HIS OPINION OF INCREASING THE INTERNSHIPS OR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT ARE CONCURRENT WITH COURSEWORK AT TECHNICAL...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CRITICAL POSITION. MOST COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE PROGRAMS OF INTERNSHIP, COURT OF EDUCATION AND APPRENTICESHIPS THE PROVIDE WORKPLACE SKILLS, TEACH INDIVIDUALS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM THE D.C. AREA, JOINING US AS PART OF OUR WEEK-LONG SERIES LOOKING AT THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE. TODAY'S FOCUS IS TECHNICAL EDUCATION. I WANT TO GIVE...
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I WENT TO A TECHNICAL COLLEGE. I AM FROM VIRGINIA. I TELL PEOPLE I WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. SOMETHING INTERESTING I FOUND IN MOVING BACK...
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Templin, Robert - President
POINTS MADE. THE FIRST, POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE TRAINED FOR ONCE YOU'RE OUT IN THE MARKET MAY NOT BE EXACT JOB TITLES THAT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
COLLEGES ARE SORT OF LIKE HIGH SCHOOL LIFE. THIS IS THE PLAN TO SAVE AMERICA? SEND THEM TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE? GUEST: THEY'RE NOT HIGH
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Templin, Robert - President
SCHOOL LIGHT. THEY OFFER A COMPARABLE TO YEARS OF A LOWER DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND HIGH SKILLS, HIGH WHICH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF THE DEGREES IN CERTIFICATES TO PREPARE FOR STUDENTS. ASSOCIATE ARTS DEGREE, APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE, CERTIFICATE AND ALSO THE CAREER STUDIES CERT....
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Templin, Robert - President
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT TO GET JUST THE JOB SKILLS NEEDED TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT. THAT IS THROUGH A CAREER STUDY CERTIFICATE WHICH...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: YES. THEN YOU CAN CONTINUE ON AND TRANSFER THAT TO AGREE TO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. THE AREAS WE HAVE REPRESENT A LADDER OF A CAREER PROGRESSION....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE SOME OTHER COURSES THAT NOVA OFFERS -- AND THIS IS FROM LINDA IN CALIFORNIA. CALLER: WITH A
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CALLER, -
VERY LARGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HERE. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO GO THERE. ONE OF THE PRIME COURSE OF STUDIES THIS SUMMER REMEDIAL. IT IS A REMEDIAL ENGLISH, REMEDIAL...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM? GUEST: WE DO
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Templin, Robert - President
BECAUSE FUNDING CUTS HAVE BEEN INFLICTED, IN THE STATES, EXPENSIVE PROGRAMS LIKE NURSING AND OTHER TECHNICAL FIELDS OFTEN HAVE LIMITED ENROLLMENT. HOST:...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PERSON EMAILS -- GUEST: IT
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Templin, Robert - President
IS AN IMPORTANT AREA. MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR OUT OF SCHOOL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE MATH AND ENGLISH SKILLS ARE PRETTY WEAK COMPARED...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
E-MAIL -- GUEST: WHERE IT DOES
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Templin, Robert - President
NOT EXIST, IT REPRESENTS A CAP THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED. WHERE DOES EXIST -- HOST: IS IT OFFERED
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
A ATNOVA? GUEST: YES, BUT
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Templin, Robert - President
NOT EVERYWHERE. IN PROGRAMS LIKE PARALEGAL, OR WE DO NOT OFFER THAT, IT IS A SHORTCOMING.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: GO AHEAD, CALLER. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
I WORK FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MY HISTORY IS THAT I STARTED AT 45 YEARS OLD INTO THIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE, NOR DID...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ENROLLMENT?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: ABOUT 19%.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: WHY? GUEST: ALL
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Templin, Robert - President
OF THE SUDDEN, THERE IS THIS DECREASE. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO AT THE COLLEGE IS I KIND OF OVERSEE THE PLACEMENT TESTING. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] NOT UP TO COLLEGE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF BREAKING UP. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS THE LARGEST INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION IN VIRGINIA, ONE OF THE NATION'S...
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Templin, Robert - President
THINK THE CALLER THAT JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE SUDDEN DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR ECONOMY. THE UNCERTAINTY OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: THAT BRINGS UP A TWEET -- THERE IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT AMERICA'S SKILL SET AND A SAYS, LOOKING TO OLD EUROPE FOR IDEAS. AMERICANS USED TO TAKE GREAT...
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Templin, Robert - President
HAS A PUBLIC POLICY OF SUBSIDIZING EMPLOYERS SO THAT THEY WILL TAKE APPRENTICES AND WORK WITH THEM AND EMPLOY THEM WHERE IS THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT...
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| 00:29:22 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE FROM VIRGINIA, TIM. DID YOU GO TO NOVA?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: NO. CCAC OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. ONE POINT WANTED TO MAKE WAS THE DIFFERENCE THE TRINITY COLLEGE WILL PROVIDE JUST IN THE FRESHMAN LEVEL CLASSES,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN TRANSFERRED?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: YES. HOST: WHAT
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WAS THE TRANSFERRING PROCESS LIKE? GUEST: THEY HAD AN
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Templin, Robert - President
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY, SO IT WAS PRETTY MUCH -- IT WAS ALMOST A SEAMLESS TRANSFER. HOST: LET ME ASK
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| 00:31:02 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU, DID YOU NEED A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY?
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Templin, Robert - President
GUEST: YES, DEFINITELY. HOST: WHY
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IS THAT? GUEST: I AM AN
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Templin, Robert - President
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: OK. GUEST: WITH WHAT I
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Templin, Robert - President
DO, I NEEDED THE ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE TO DO A GOOD PORTION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I DO. TRUTH BE TOLD, I GOT THE ABILITY AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BOB TEMPLIN? CALLER: THAT IS A GOOD POINT
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CALLER, -
AND A TYPICAL --- GUEST: THAT IS A
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Templin, Robert - President
GOOD POINT AND A TYPICAL COMMENT. CLASSROOMS ARE SMALLER PRINT TEACHERS GET TO KNOW THE STUDENTS' NAMES AND BACKGROUNDS. THEY TEND TO ADAPT THE COURSE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: MICHAEL, FROM CALIFORNIA. GUEST: I WANT TO ASK
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Templin, Robert - President
MR. TEMPLIN TO COMMENT ABOUT HAVING STRONGER ENGLISH SKILLS FOR STUDENTS. I AM A PRODUCT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ALSO A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR. I...
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| 00:34:07 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO GET AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE? GUEST: IT IS A REFLECTION
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Templin, Robert - President
OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION. OFTEN NOT EVEN FROM THE MIDDLE GROUP, BUT TODAY, FAMILIES REALIZE THAT NEARLY EVERYONE HAS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND...
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THE PRESIDENT WILL BE TRAVELLING TO THE MIDWEST ON A THREE-DAY BUS TOUR AUGUST 15. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET WILL BE HOSTING A WHITE HOUSE ROLE ECONOMIC...
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CALLER, -
CALLER: HOW'RE YOU DOING? I HAVE A QUESTION IN A STATEMENT FOR THE GENTLEMAN. WHEN I WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, I WENT TO EASTERN ARIZONA JUNIOR COLLEGE....
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Templin, Robert - President
BECOMING A RECURRING THEME. OFTEN, STUDENTS ARE ENTERING COLLEGE ARE NOT WELL-PREPARED ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT THE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FLORIDA. ARE YOU WITH US? YOU ARE ON THE AIR. GUEST: I AM A BRAND NEW
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Templin, Robert - President
STUDENT. I AM 49 YEARS OLD. I'M A NAVY VETERAN. I WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE AND RESERVES. I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A FIELD WITH ALTERNATIVE...
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| 00:38:22 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT COME OUT AS A DECISION TO GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AT 49 AND WANTED TO CHOOSE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE? GUEST:...
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Templin, Robert - President
LAID OFF. MY JOB WAS OUTSOURCED. I WORKED IN THE I.T. FIELD AS A SYSTEMS ANALYST. WHEN I GOT INTO THE FIELD ORIGINALLY WAY BACK IN THE 1980'S, HE DID...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE. CALLER: THIS IS A
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CALLER, -
TYPICAL FRUSTRATION THAT STUDENTS AND VETERANS FIND THEMSELVES WITH. THAT AREA HAS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED YET. SIMULTANEOUSLY SO YOU GET THE JOB SKILLS...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. TOMORROW, WE WILL LOOK AT PRIVATE, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND JOB CREATIONS. THE HOUSE IS ABOUT TO COME INTO SESSION. WE ARE LEARNING...
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