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4 <br />Three reports which the Board of County Commissioners have previously reviewed <br />were examined. The three are: <br />? The report of the Skills Development Board that resulted in establishing the <br />Skills Development Center in Chapel Hill, <br />? The 1996 update of the Economic Development Commission's Strategic Plan, <br />and <br />? The documents produced to date by the Shaping Orange County's Future Task <br />Force <br />Each of these reports addressed the need for accessible and affordable training and <br />educational services for adults in the county, with a focus on increasing the ability of <br />county residents to get and keep jobs. The Skills Development Board also suggested <br />attention be given to offering currently employed residents training opportunities to <br />enable them to upgrade skills for higher paying jobs. <br />The CCTF's research into information available from the community colleges resulted in <br />the following findings: <br />? Orange County is the highest populated county in North Carolina without a <br />community college campus - either a main campus or a satellite campus <br />? A total of 6,509 Orange County residents registered for classes at North <br />Carolina community colleges in 1998-99. <br />? 2,561 registered in college credit classes <br />? 3,948 registered in non-credit classes <br />• adult basic education <br />• adult high school diploma <br />• English as a second language <br />• GED preparatory <br />• occupational extension <br />• community service, and <br />• customized training for business and industry <br />? A total of 2,327 Orange County residents registered for classes at Durham <br />Technical Community College in the Fall of 1999 <br />? 22 percent of the college's Fall 1999 enrollment resided in Orange- County <br />? 1,041 Orange County residents registered at neighboring community colleges <br />in the fall of 1999 <br />? 902 registered at Alamance Community College <br />? 26 registered at Central Carolina Community College, and <br />? 113 registered at Piedmont Community College <br />? DTCC offers community college instruction at more than 40 locations in <br />Orange County <br />? Multiple locations without a centralized office in the county have led to <br />fragmented support for Orange County community college students <br />? More than 600 DTCC classes have been offered in Orange County since 1995, <br />with 135 of these offered in Orange County in 1999 <br />? DTCC personnel work 'closely with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and <br />Orange County Schools personnel to offer programming for high school <br />students, to train for teacher assistants and teachers, and to define the types of <br />skills students need for the workplace and for pursuing higher education