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Community colleges are viewed as an essential, if not the most essential, resource in addressing the economic and workforce development needs of many regions and communities across the country. The 1988 seminal report issued by the Commission on the Future of Community Colleges called for expanding the “narrow backgrounds” of many community college students by expanding their career education focus to include general education along with job-specific skill training.1 The report encouraged overcoming departmental narrowness by integrating technical/career studies with the liberal arts. The concern was that all students should expand their horizons. In a sense, we are  \ncalling for a similar integration between career and job training and the liberal  \narts through the infusion of the essential foundational employability skills across community college programs. The motivation is simple. We know these foundational skills are important to performance in 98% of family-supporting jobs pertinent to and targeted by community colleges across the various occupational sectors, as well as to achieving success in occupational training/ education-related programs.  \nThe nation’s community colleges receive welldeserved recognition for their excellent work. At the same time, many unaddressed needs forecast by the Commission on the Future of Community Colleges continue to be concerns today. Preparing individuals for success in  \nChanging LiveS, BuiLding a WorkforCe ~~ ~~  \nThe demand for community colleges to train workers to be immediately productive has never been  \nmore critical than in today’s continuously changing technology-and information-based world economies.  \nthe workplace, having an individual’s skills aligned with opportunity, and empowering individuals by strengthening their career literacy skills remain—in part—unfinished business, and the documentation of this reality should be a compelling force for action.  \nCommunity colleges are at the nexus of providing education and training that meet the skill requirements of the workplace.2 The demand for community colleges to train workers to be immediately productive has never been more critical than in today’s continuously changing technology-and information-based world economies.3 While recognizing their multi-faceted missions, community colleges will increasingly be valued and held accountable for how well exiting students perform in the workplace.4  \nTheir attention and resources must increasingly align to the competencies and skills required by the workplace.  \nThis paper examines several challenges community colleges will need to address to meet workforce development demandsand reach their full potential in preparing community college students for jobs and careers. The challenges identified are driven by our accumulated data sets that illuminate three important workforce pipeline gaps: skill, degree target, and planning. While our recommendations are not intended tobe definitive answers, they are meant to contribute to the discussion, suggesting ways to help light the path for community colleges and to be responsive to changing workforce development needs.  \nShare  \n[aCt.org/WorkforCe](aCt.org/WorkforCe | 1)[ |](aCt.org/WorkforCe | 1)[ 1](aCt.org/WorkforCe | 1)  \n2 | Changing LiveS, BuiLding a WorkforCe ~~ ~~  \nintroduction  \nAs community colleges strive to prepare today’s students for  \nin-demand, family-supporting jobs, workforce pipeline gaps exist that will challenge community colleges well into the 21st century—not the least of which is an increasingly diverse socio-demographic group often lacking readiness for college-level study. Drawing on data from our academic and workforce assessment data archives, we have identifie","cbCaieSAANFEXVtB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieSAANFEXVtB","pdf",4888716,16,"English","# Preamble\n## Importance of community colleges\n# Introduction\n## Persistent workforce pipeline gaps\n## Focus on targeted occupations\n# Recommendations and discussion\n## Challenges and responses","[{\"question\":\"What key workforce pipeline gaps does the paper identify?\",\"answer\":\"The paper identifies three persistent gaps: the skills gap, the degree target gap, and the planning gap between study programs and family-supporting job opportunities.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper emphasize foundational employability skills?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that essential foundational employability skills—integrated across community college programs—are crucial for performance in a large share of family-supporting jobs and for success in related training and education programs.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper define the targeted occupations it focuses on?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on occupations offering family-supporting wages that are most relevant to community colleges, particularly middle-skill jobs and roles where community colleges are likely a major source of education or training.\"}]","Changing Lives - Building a Workforce - Workforce Development Paper | PDF",1791520891]