On Jul 9, 8:58*am, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
"RAM³" writes:
Joe Pfeiffer wrote in
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So... *the definition of "Community College" there calls for only one
community to have the college?

It's a cost-effective way of maximizing the use of the existing equipment
without spending anything upon either maintenance or consumables.

From my perspective (I'm a computer science professor at NMSU), it
just seems totally contrary to the whole community college concept.
Having local access to vocational training like that is exactly what
CCs are supposed to be good at. *Let's see... *three of NMSU's four
community college campuses offer welding (I wonder why the fourth
doesn't... hmmmm...)

The CCC may also get a subsidy from the Feds as part of a job-training
program.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
I'd just like to add that CCs are also feeder schools for further
education at a four-year university. Around here, in southern
California, the majority of students are going to CCs to either get an
AA, or to go on to a university. There are a lot of people who don't
get the chance to go to a university right after high school and
community colleges give them another chance.

But, with that said, I agree that CCs should have a strong job-
training component. Maybe, with the decline in mining, in Wyoming they
had to consolidate the welding classes because there just wasn't
enough demand to support them.