The structure of the community college permits flexibility as opportunities grow and/or recede due to its relationship with the local community: citizens, businesses, and government. Community colleges provide timely education and training that communities need. Overall, the community college mission states that it will provide accessible and affordable education to local citizens who ultimately wish to pursue four-year degrees or who wish to enter the workforce upon completion of degree or certificate requirements (Ratcliffe, 1994, p. 4). Community colleges were established to build bridges between the community college, local business and industry, and four-year institutions through articulation agreements. Not only does the community college respond to fluctuations in the community and workforce, it usually is close enough to four-year institutions to respond immediately to growing trends requiring articulation assessment and agreements. The community college structure permits this flexibility and grows from it through reviving and stimulating the economic conditions of local communities, regions, and states. Community colleges work with states to retain employers and to attract new businesses and investments (Friedel, 2008, p. 46). Figure 1 represents the various internal and external divisions and agencies that the typical community colleges and workforce divisions intersect within a community (Kohut & Yeager, 2010).
The structure of the community college permits flexibility as opportunities grow and/or recede due to its relationship with the local community: citizens, businesses, and government. Community colleges provide timely education and training that communities need. Overall, the community college mission states that it will provide accessible and affordable education to local citizens who ultimately wish to pursue four-year degrees or who wish to enter the workforce upon completion of degree or certificate requirements (Ratcliffe, 1994, p. 4). Community colleges were established to build bridges between the community college, local business and industry, and four-year institutions through articulation agreements. Not only does the community college respond to fluctuations in the community and workforce, it usually is close enough to four-year institutions to respond immediately to growing trends requiring articulation assessment and agreements. The community college structure permits this flexibility and grows from it through reviving and stimulating the economic conditions of local communities, regions, and states. Community colleges work with states to retain employers and to attract new businesses and investments (Friedel, 2008, p. 46). Figure 1 represents the various internal and external divisions and agencies that the typical community colleges and workforce divisions intersect within a community (Kohut & Yeager, 2010).
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