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Jamie Daigle; Ashley Hall – Industry and Higher Education, 2025
At times, universities are charged with helping stimulate the local economy. This study considered how the supply chain management programs at a regional university could be modified in order to provide a positive impact on the economic development of the region. Through a mixed methods action research approach that incorporated a neural network,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Supply and Demand, Information Management, Universities
Chrestman, Charles – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1991
Discusses the current and future role of Advanced Technology Centers (ATC's) in economic development, assessing the changing nature of community college involvement in community/economic development and offering examples of diverse and employer-driven community college ATCs. Suggests ways for ATCs to contribute to economic/community development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Program Descriptions
Mulder, Anne E.; Wismer, Jack N. – 1991
In an era with corporate layoffs, budget freezes, and plant closings, Lake Michigan College (LMC) is providing job training services in the economic revitalization of Southwest Michigan. The college's Corporate and Community Development Division, in cooperation with the Berrien County Economic Development Commission and the Cornerstone Alliance,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Foundation for Excellent Schools, Middlebury, VT. – 1997
The Foundation for Excellent Schools (FES) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of American public education through programs designed to increase opportunities and improve the academic performance of all students by bringing together educators, students, parents, and the local business community. Since 1987, the FES and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Development, Cooperation
Groff, Warren H. – 1979
This three-part report describes the development and operation of Project Care III, an interagency effort involving area colleges, unions, and industry, and state agencies in the retraining of 500 tire builders laid off in August 1978, when the Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company (Mansfield, Ohio) was shut down. Part I outlines the historical…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Community Development
Nebraska Technical Community Coll. Association, Lincoln. – 1991
The six Nebraska Community College Areas are requesting a combined $7.1 million increase in State General Funds for continuation and new/expanded programs for the first year of the fiscal year (FY) 1991-93 biennium, and a $7.9 million increase for the second year. This represents a 46.68% increase in General Funds and a 19.62% increase in the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Planning, College School Cooperation
Nolen, Lori – 1991
This manual is designed to help teachers, businesses, Chambers of Commerce, and students start their own economic development activities and youth ventures. It describes a two-step plan to economic development through youth: development of an in-school student chamber of commerce program and development of a youth-owned venture. The first part of…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration, Business Education, Community Development