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Clark: community colleges 'uniquely' positioned for training.

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Workforce training is one of the most critical components for business and industry to be able to compete in the world economy. In Mississippi and throughout the nation, community colleges are increasingly being looked to as the providers of choice for workforce training.

"Mississippi's 15 community colleges are uniquely positioned to respond to the critical workforce development needs in their districts and in our state," said Dr. Eric Clark, executive director of the Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (SBCJC). "This can be through short-term or long-term training programs, customized training for existing industries, or pre-employment training for new industries."

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"Their experience in teaching adults, their flexibility in terms of delivery and scheduling of training, their responsiveness to the training needs of business and industry and their low costs--all of these factors make them the logical choice for workforce development and training in Mississippi. No other entity in Mississippi could respond to the training needs of business and industry as effectively or as efficiently as do our two-year colleges."

With the cost of college tuition continuing to escalate, the two-year colleges are a bargain for both parents and students....

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