During the summer of 2010, the rese

During the summer of 2010, the researcher met with members of the WPCCRC on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County to discuss workforce development initiatives related to the region. During two of these meetings the researcher was allotted time to present this study, describe the purpose of this study, inquire as to the direction and usefulness of this study, describe and review the faculty questionnaire tool to be used as the data collection device, and lastly, in addition to an email request, to request permission to access WFD faculty within each of the community colleges to conduct the questionnaire data collection process. All members of WPCCRC agreed to support the study and signed permission forms allowing the researcher to conduct research on each respective college campus. Following the WPCCRC meetings, the researcher met with each WFD leader face-to-face to conduct the WFD leader interviews.