United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2008-05-15 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547 P0b002ee1803833f6 f:d08547 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547 GAO-08-547 Adult education Colleges and universities Community colleges Continuing education Education program evaluation Educational grants Employee training Employees Employment Employment assistance programs Higher education Locally administered programs Performance measures Staff utilization Strategic planning Vocational education Youth employment programs Knowledge, skills and abilities Skilled labor Other Written Product A82122 In the future, businesses will demand workers with higher-level skills and more education. Community colleges are key providers of career and technical training as well as traditional academic education. These colleges can also play important roles in the one-stop system created by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), through which a variety of federally funded employment and training programs provide services. Given the importance of community colleges to workforce development, GAO was asked to examine (1) how community colleges meet the workforce training needs of their communities; (2) what community colleges do to integrate with the nation's one-stop system; (3) the conditions or practices that enhance or impede these efforts; and (4) the actions the Departments of Labor and Education have taken to encourage linkages between community colleges and the workforce investment system, including one-stops. To address these objectives, GAO visited 20 community colleges, surveyed one-stop centers and their associated workforce investment boards, and talked to Labor and Education officials. Labor and Education generally agreed with GAO's findings. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547.pdf GAO-08-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-547 Other Written Product GAO-08-547; Workforce Development: Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs; Adult education Colleges and universities Community colleges Continuing education Education program evaluation Educational grants Employee training Employees Employment Employment assistance programs Higher education Locally administered programs Performance measures Staff utilization Strategic planning Vocational education Youth employment programs Knowledge, skills and abilities Skilled labor Public Law 105-220 Public Law 109-270