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Gap Analysis in Healthcare in the Inland Empire. What are your thoughts about this type of research?
The Inland Empire regional COE partnered with local governmental agencies and industry organizations to develop a comprehensive "gap ...

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Workforce and training organizations in California are facing greater challenges than could have ever have been imagined. Realizing that reductions to programs and services are inevitable, decision-makers are now faced with the...

New Environmental Scan Available: Social Media in California
Social media services encourage discussion, feedback, voting, comments, and sharing of information through online media. For this ...

Mineta Transportation Institute releases new study on High Speed Rail in California - implications for employment, training and education
The Mineta Transportation Institute has published Estimating Workforce Development Needs for High-Speed Rail in California, a report ...

New! Mobile Media Occupations Scan
According to a recently published study by the Centers of Excellence, approximately 75,000 workers are currently employed in a cluster ...

Bay Area economy is rebounding, but long-term hazards loom mercurynews.com
The primary challenges facing California s economy are the statewide educational system, funding gaps for transportation and transit, the business climate, and environmental...

Energy and Smart Grid Forum in San Diego, March 13th
The Center of Excellence is partnering with San Diego Gas & Electric and San Diego and Imperial County community colleges to host an ...
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New! Solar Industry & Occupations Scan
The Centers of Excellence have just published a new environmental scan on Solar Industry and Occupations in California. The study ...
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Water and Wastewater Occupations in Southern California
Yesterday, COE hosted a webinar to present findings of our recently published environmental scan of Water and Wastewater industry and ...
California's Water Industries coeccc.net
California's demand for water continues to increase as the state’s population grows. As such, water and waste management efforts are crucial to not only the health and welfare of Californians but also the economic vitality of...


Welcome to all of our new group members!
Through this forum, COE will share announcements of new scans and reports, upcoming conferences where COE staff will be presenting, and ...

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? online.wsj.com
Yes, says Noam Wasserman, because educators have data that can help company founders avoid common mistakes. No, says Victor W. Hwang, because entrepreneurs need skills that come only from life experience.

Research Brief: Healthcare Interpreters
The role of medical/healthcare interpreters in healthcare is increasingly important as the healthcare industry expands the delivery of ...

Where are the Best Markets to Recruit Social Media Professionals? wantedanalytics.com
By Abby Lombardi on April 26, 2012 in Occupations. Social media skills have seen increasing hiring demand over the past year. In fact, the volume of online job listings for jobs that require social media skill sets has grown...

The NSF National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education is conducting a survey of educational programs in the field. The survey is...
Additionally, I would encourage you to visit our website at http://mindsthatmove.org. Under the “Resources” link is a page titled ...

Centers of Excellence contribute to Mid-Pacific ICT Center's Winter Conference.
A group of knowledgeable Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) educators and industry professionals convened in beautiful ...
In the information and knowledge economies of the 21st century, we all increasingly depend on information and communications technologies - and the increased connectivity and productivity they enable. Information and...

COE and Bio-Link working together on exciting National Science Foundation project!
San Francisco Bay Center of Excellence is working with Bio-Link, a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Advanced Technological ...
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This work is funded under grant DUE# 0903224 from the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. Opinions and findings expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of...

Solar study in the news
The recently published Solar Industry & Occupations scan has received some attention in the news. Feel free to comment or start a ...
Study finds solar industry could add 18,000 jobs by 2015 teatronaturale.com
A study released by the Centers of Excellence finds that job opportunities in the solar industry are expected to increase by up to 40 percent in the next three years. The “Solar Industry & Occupations: Distributed and...

Solar in the desert
A recent article discusses the role of Solar in California's desert region. The article references the COE's study on Solar Industry & ...
Solar studies: The good, the bad, etc. greenenergy.blogs.mydesert.com
Posted: February 10th, 2012 | Author: K Kaufmann | Filed under: The Green Blog | Tags: Andrew Winston, Blythe, BrightSource, Centers for Excellence, community colleges, contractors, Desert Center, electricians, energy...
