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N.C.Community colleges eamaplemaat economic development by offaing <br /> customized training to new and existing business and industry <br /> 'a N community colleges offer an affordable altemative for pod4ecoudary <br /> education and training <br /> $ Counties have statutory responsibility for developing and maintaining <br /> facilities for a community college campus in the county <br /> State bond funding that might be available for conshuction of a building will <br /> have to be matched dollar-for-dollar by the county <br /> '0► DTCC,the Oraage County Schools,and the Chapel Hill-Card=City <br /> Schools have strong partnerships that have resulted in: <br /> ♦ high school students talong college classes through DTCC <br /> ♦ the educational institutions developing articulation plow between high <br /> school and DTCC curricula,and <br /> ♦ local business and industry participating in job readiness eluills <br /> awareness for high school students and teachers <br /> 4 Cooperative and collaborative. between the public schools and <br /> DTCC would grow with college staff located in closer proximity to schools <br /> personnal <br /> A diverse group oftbsideats met in focus groups during the summer and early fall. A <br /> member OHM Community College Task Force facilitated each group. A total of 148 <br /> residents filled out quostiCrtnaires and/or participated in com►ersatiots during the pro"58. <br /> High school students fi+an both school systems,euureratly ertc+olled ooammtmdty college <br /> students,welfare recipients.business owners and employ=6 school system pam and <br /> and senior citisans shared thuurr knowledge of current oomnomity collage offerings in the <br /> County and their thoughts on the establisbmaat of a paratau of satellite campus of <br /> Durham Technical Community Colleges <br /> A spreadsheet detailing the responses and comments of the focus group Participants is <br /> included in Appendix A of this report. A summary of their responses to a ' <br /> completed by all Participants is included below: <br /> �► The 148 responndeuts included 92 females and 51 males who ranged in age <br /> from 14 to older then 65(five individuals did not complete the question,about <br /> sender) <br /> 4~ Sever►teen high school or community college students were included along <br /> with 10 retired individuals <br /> Sixty-four were employed M-time,20 were employed part-time and 22 did <br /> not respond to the question about mnployment status(fifteen indicated they <br /> were unemployed) <br /> Seventy-sic of the 148 respondents had previously taken classes offered by <br /> community collages headquarterred in Durham,Alanance,Gd, <br /> Ctitmbadsnd,Lee or Iredell Counties <br /> 0► Ninety-ssx,or 64.9%,of the respondents indicated they wore likely or very <br /> likely to take advantage of community college programming if it were to be <br /> offered in the County Another 33 acid they might take advantage of a <br /> covmmu pity college satellite campus. <br /> The reopondeuts(148)indicated the following groups of people would be most likely to <br /> participate in programming at a community college satellite campus its the County: <br /> -M....A—, Anvil 41 7AA7/A%mov <br />