USA Today – Mary Beth Marklein
“Community colleges have long viewed job training as central to their mission, but the role has taken on added significance since the economic recession. Even with nearly 13 million Americans unemployed, some companies can’t find qualified candidates. As many as 3.5 million jobs are unfilled right now, many of them in the fields of information technology, health care and advanced manufacturing, according to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.”(more)