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Supporting Sustainable Communities

Opportunities and Challenges for Community Colleges

With sustainability and green energy set to play a critical role in the growth of our national economy, community colleges represent a way to meet the needs of local businesses and residents.  Experts and practitioners from the U.S. and Europe met in Asheville in April to highlight expanded roles for colleges in educating students, businesses, and communities about and for economic opportunities in renewable energy, conservation, ecotourism, and local sustainable agriculture and manufacturing. Topics discussed included:

  • Skills for new green-oriented industries and for sustainable practices in other sectors
  • Enhancing local and sustainable agriculture, natural resources, and crafts
  • “Green thinking” in all programs
  • Making campuses models of sustainability

Go to www.ta3online.org/2010meeting/ for more information including a final agenda and presentations from speakers.

feature school

Macomb Community College offers nearly 200 options for degrees and

certificates in university transfer and career preparation programs and

nearly 40 bachelor’s degree completion and master’s degree programs at its

University Center, in addition to a wide variety of professional development

and certification programs, “College for Kids,” and hands-on Career

Academies and other pre-college programs to give young people a preview of

college and career opportunities. Macomb provides learning experiences to

more than 59,000 students annually, is the largest grantor of associate

degrees in the State of Michigan, and consistently ranks in the top 2%

nationally.

news & events

June TA 3 Connections

June 25, 2010

The latest issue of TA3 Connections is out.In this issue, you can read a review of our April symposium on sustainability, information about US-German cooperation, and a profile of TA3 member Kingsborough Community College.  The issue can be downloaded here.

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TA 3 Connections

January 22, 2010

The most recent issue of TA3 connections previews our April conference, takes a look EUC-Syd’s role in the greening of a region in Denmark, and profiles member institution Gateway Community and Technical College in Covington, Kentucky.

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