The programs of study that WFD facu

The programs of study that WFD faculty were drawn from to participate in the questionnaire for this study were from the area of non-credit workforce development and professional continuing education. In general, workforce development and continuing education are so closely intertwined in the community college that they share the same resources and leadership and fall under the same administrative department. In Western Pennsylvania, all three educational and technical programs selected for this study, information technology, manufacturing, and professional continuing education, are found within the community college’s department for WFD. All five community colleges place WFD and continuing education in the same administrative unit. All three programs selected for this study are non-credit education and training courses or programs for students which require contracted faculty subject matter experts. All of the programs are housed in the workforce development division.