Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges

Workforce Development

WHAT IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT?

Education and skills are essential for today’s global economy. Employees must possess sound knowledge, adapt to changes in the workplace, and continually learn new job skills. Community colleges provide high quality, cost-effective training and support to area businesses and organizations of any size. Programs enable individuals to keep up-to-date in their fields, learn basic and advanced skills, and embark on new career tracks.

Community colleges collaborate with business, industry, and economic development organizations to initiate, deliver, and refine programs that support an educated workforce. Customized training improves performance, enhances economic growth, and supports community development by focusing on all organizational levels including strengthening the leadership team, modernizing processes, upgrading technology, enhancing innovation, and increasing competitiveness.

A network of qualified instructional staff with field-based experience is found within Pennsylvania’s community colleges. Professionals provide needs assessments and design programs aligned with business plans and organizational missions. Tailored programs achieve strategic objectives and competency-based outcomes to support continuous quality improvement and promote lifelong learning.

Community colleges are affordable and accessible workforce development solutions that provide cost-effective education by leveraging training and education dollars. Flexible scheduling delivers services at the right time and place. Instruction is when and where business and organizations want it, and can be conveniently located on community college campuses, at worksites, or through distance learning. No matter the location, custom-designed programs help businesses and organizations remain on the cutting edge!

Geared to meet the professional and personal growth of individuals, community colleges strive to be the leading supplier of workforce development by providing efficient workforce training to businesses and organizations while boosting the economic development of the region.

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Featured Member College

Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) provides quality learning opportunities throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. Through its 167-acre main campus located in Nanticoke, four off-campus centers and eight off-campus locations, LCCC offers students more than 100 academic and technical credit programs and noncredit career training programs in traditional classrooms and distance learning environments. LCCC has the largest credit enrollment and is the largest provider of workforce development programming in the county.

1333 S. Prospect St.
Nanticoke, PA 18634-3899
570-740-0300
http://www.luzerne.edu

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Enrollment as measured by Full-Time Equivalent students (FTEs) has set a record high for the third consecutive academic year. The 132,440 total FTEs in 2009-10 represents an 8.4% increase from last year. All of the 2009-10 increase is in credit programs. Credit FTEs increased 11.5% from 2008-09 to nearly 119,000 – a 63.2% increase during this decade.