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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Partnership links education with Ohio green industry jobs
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut this week announced the launch of “Ohio Green Pathways,” a collaboration between the University System of Ohio and the Ohio Environmental Council designed to link education and training with green industry jobs in Ohio.
The collaboration is intended to demonstrate career pathways for students in green education programs, increase enrollment in those programs, and help ensure that the state’s workforce demands are met, according to the Board of Regents.
“The partnership helps the University System of Ohio build the state’s new economy, as envisioned by Gov. Ted Strickland, through green job initiatives that recognize economic and environmental goals are complimentary,” Fingerhut said on Tuesday, July 28, announcing the collaboration.
The collaboration supports the vision of Ohio’s “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” regarding higher education’s role in contributing to the state’s economic growth, Fingerhut said. It also advances the “Strategic Plan” goal of making higher education more responsive to the state’s workforce needs.
The Ohio Green Pathways partners will collaborate to:
Create a database of linked green programs in the University System of Ohio.
Identify current best practices in green education and training programs in Ohio and across the nation.
Meet anticipated workforce demands through new and expanded development of workforce training at adult career-technical schools and community colleges; expand access to affordable degrees that lead to careers in Ohio; and identify resources to help expand the University System of Ohio’s capacity to produce a green collar workforce.
Build and market linkages between education and training and green industry jobs as an economic development tool for the State of Ohio.
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