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Three reports which the Board of County Commissioners have previously reviewed were examined. The three are: • The report of the Skills Development Boazd that resulted in establishing the Skills Development Center in Chapel Hill, • The 1996 update of the Economic Development Commission's Strategic Plan, and • The documents produced to date by the Shaping Orange County's Future Task Force . Each of these reports addressed the need for accessible and affordable training and educational services for adults in the county, with a focus on increasing the ability of county residents to get and keep jobs. The Skills Development Board also suggested attention be given to offering currently employed residents training opportunities to enable them to upgrade skills for higher paying jobs. The CCTF's reseazch into information available from the community colleges resulted in the following findings: • Orange County is the highest populated county in North Cazolina without a community college campus - either a main campus or a satellite campus • A total of 6,509 Orange County residents registered for classes at North Cazolina community colleges in ,1998-99 • 2,561 registered in college credit classes • 3,948 registered in non-credit classes • adult basic education • adult high school diploma • English as a second language • GED preparatory • occupational extension • community service, and • customized training for business and industry • A total of 2,327 Orange County residents registered for classes at Durham Technical Community College in the Fall of 1999 • 22 percent of the college's Fall 1999 enrollment resided in Orange County • 1,041 Orange County residents registered at neighboring community colleges in the fall of 1999 • 902 registered at Alamance Community College • 26 registered at Central Carolina Community College, and • 113 registered at Piedmont Community College • DTCC offers community college instruction at more than 401ocations in Orange County • Multiple locations without a centralized office in the county have led to fragmented support for Orange County community college students • More than 600 DTCC classes have been offered in Orange County since 1995, with 135 of these offered in Orange County in 1999 • DTCC personnel work closely with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schoals personnel to offer programming far high school students, to train for teacher assistants and teachers, and to define the types of skills students need for the workplace and for pursuing higher education