HD9 - Retraining Unemployed Persons in the Hampton Roads Area
Executive Summary: "Requesting the State Board for Community Colleges to study the feasibility of retraining unemployed persons in the Hampton Roads area." (*1) It is appropriate that the System be asked to study the feasibility of training unemployed and displaced persons in the Hampton Roads area or wherever located in the Commonwealth. The State Board for Community Colleges finds the request to be in keeping with its open door admissions policy and with its goal of offering comprehensive educational programs and services that are relatively inexpensive and that are located in close proximity to citizens throughout the state. The citizenry in the Hampton Roads area have available to them through Thomas Nelson Community College and Tidewater Community College, training programs which prepare or retrain them for jobs in commerce, industry, and the services sectors. The strength of the programs and services provided by the community colleges derive not only from their access, but also from their variety: academic programs equivalent to the first two years of the baccalaureate degree; occupational technical programs of two-year and shorter duration; and developmental, continuing education, and community service programs are available statewide. This report includes (1) a brief assessment of the businessindustry climate and community college services in the Hampton Roads area, (2) employment trends and their impact on community college education and training, and (3) the feasibility of retraining the Hampton Roads unemployed. ____________________ (*1) House Joint Resolution No. 91, a Virginia Bill agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 8, 1983 and agreed to by the Senate, February 23, 1983. |
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