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Jobs Getting Slimmer For High School Dropouts? High school dropouts, whoee chances of finding jobs are getting slimmer every day, face an even less promising future un less education methods and attitudes change soon to reverse the trend in with drawing from school. "In ten years, there will be *no jobs available for high school dropouts," said Virgil L. McBride, man ager of Regional Public Affairs at R. J. Reynolds, Inc. of Winston-Salem. McBride, along with re presentatives of private in dustry, community col leges, technical institutions and state government, met t· discuss changes which mast take place to insure educational training which would prepare teenagers and young adults for a productive place in the technologically advanced decade of the 1980 s. The meeting which was held at the Ciga-Geigy Of fices in Greensboro last week was convened by the North Carolina Employ ment and Training Council. Participants explored me thods of adapting educa tional curricula to the ex isting and future needs of private industry. The one day meeting was a plan ning session which will help determine the agenda for a more expanded conference to be held in the fall. Wayne Daves, executive director of North Carolina CETA Programs under the N. C. Department of Na tural Resources and Com munity Development, noted that the private sec tor was represented by a wide spectrum of experts from manufacturing, fi nancial and service indus tries. The participants were convened to plan the education and economic strategies for the 1980's which will be explored at length during the fall meet ing. The strongest suggestion by the group was the establishment of system atic linkages between edu cational institutions and private industry. The link ages would be a coopera tive effort whereby indus try would provide educa tional institutions with a profile of its needs, noting the job opportunities pre sently in high demand and a long-term projection of the types of training which would be required to sa tisfy industrial needs in the futurèT Another approach cited by thi participants was the need to r.^ake job oppor tunities more visible to students, possibly through more active vocational clubs and organizations. Attention to the trend to ward plants with fewer employees which can match the production of firms with many workers was stressed. Not only is the ever growing number of technological advances reducing the required work force, but it can be further blamed for shifting indus trial needs from operation al skills to maintenance skills, said James Sum mers, chairman of the North Carolina Employ ment and Training Council. Similarly, the research and planning officials ex panded this concept and addressed the need for structural changes in re lating curricula to job op portunities. Pnncûrtiipn* 1 «» «»·» change program was sug gested which would place teachers in private indus try jobs for a summer or entire school year, while private industry personnel took over their duties in the classroom. In this way, students would benefit from exposure and training from skilled workers while teachers expand and up date their academic skills area through in-service training. Efforts to change atti tudes on the part of parents, students, employ ers and the general public were also cited as areas of concern. In addition, a change in the definition of success in relation to jobs was also encouraged. The public promotion of the concept that a skilled worker can be every bit as successful and vocationally gratified as the president of a large firm was championed by the participante. Other issues to be ad dressed at the fall con ference are marketing of new job training concepts; cooperative efforts be tween four-year institu tions and technical school.' or community colleges ir, regard to training with so phisticated equipment; and concerted efforts on the part of private industry and training institutions tc educate parents concern ing potential job oppor tunities for their children. Tomeka Kenyatta Porter, age 5, is out for a Sunday afternoon ride in Abbott Park. (Photo by Eileen Hanson) Support Our Advertisers! ι ~ FMI TIM MOUNTMQ. ROTATION WITH PURCHAM OMNI AIM Mi MON. THfMi «At. 2033 Independence Blvd. 2321 South Blvd. 3500 Wilkinson Blvd. 5139 Central Ave. 1401 S. Cannon Blvd. Kannapolie, N.C. ONE PRICE TIRE STORES The Hagemeyer Learning Resource Cen ter, the third building constructed on the Central Piedmont Community College campus houses the media department and Dolly programs on the first floor. Also the photography department, media instrument repair and Pease Auditorium are located there. The second floor contains a service desk for library draw and return books, Tele Center courses taught by TV and classrooms. On the third floor there are books, records and a library reading room. Magazines are on mezzanine floor The fourth floor has books in storage, a radio station, histo rical room and the technical services office. CPCC History From 196.^70 By Susan Ellsworth Post Staff Writer Campus construction, bond approval and a grow ing curriculum dominated Central Piedmont Com munity College's history from 1965-70. Student population rose from 3,000 in 1965 to 12,000 by 1970; courses were add ed as the funds poured in, according to R. V. Mason, CPCC historian. Expanding programs would not have been pos sible without acquiring more land and the funds to purchase the land. Bond issues were ap proved granting CPCC bil lions to construct class rooms and parking facili ties. Growth marked those years with additions of the Child Care Training Cen ter, Terrell Administration Building, Music Building, Pease Auditorium, Hage meyer Building, and the Mason Building. Among the new program offerings were dental hy gienist, data processing, ι ""—: ponce training, modem dance, computer repair and servicing, day care center training and adult education classes. At a CPCC open house in 1976, George Broadrich, re presenting Governor Danial Moore predicted "CPCC will be the biggest community college in North Carolina." After CPCC became ac credited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1969, registra tion skyrocketed, and by 1970 a $4.5 billion bond vote was requested for health related programs and addi tional construction. By 1970 not only had Broadrich's prediction come true but CPCC was among the five largest col leges in the state. In the next article of the series we will look at high lights of 1971-75 in CPCC's history. energy Program Ranks Ninth Common cause-North Carolina announced last week that the North Caro lina Energy Conservation Program ranks with nine other states as a national leader in conservation po licies. A recent letter from Jim Gibson, Director of the N. C. Energy Division ·« Da vid Cohen, national Com mon Cause President, clarified three of the state's original responses to the Common Cause survey. Jiore^sgecificjjforma^ about a trial period of time-pf-day pricing, cur tailment of declining block rates in some rate cases. and the power of the state energy office to forecast energy demand raised North Carolina's rating to "excellent." David Cohen has notifed Jim Gibson that future is sues on the Common Cause study will include the changes in the three North Carrelina responses and in the state's rating. GCCC Will Look At Economy The status of the current Charlotte and Carolina eco nomy will be the program at a special luncheon pre sented at the Greater Char lotte Chamber of Com merce Monday, June 2, 1980 beginning at 12 noon Speakers for the luncheon will be Ken Flynt, econo mic advisor to North Caro lina governor Jim Hunt; Harald Hansen, regional vice president .of First Union National Bank and Hugh L. McColl Jr., chair man of the board of the Charlotte Uptown Develop ment Corporation. Flynt will review the cur rent condition of the North Carolma^econom^Hanser^ will comment on the Char lotte-Mecklenburg econo mic situation and McColl - will concentrate on the economy of the center city . With local indicators mixed, the luncheon ses sion may provide the most · up-to-date indication of how the state and local economy is fairing and what the short term eco- - nomic prospects may be. The luncheon, sponsored by the Chamber, is open to those making the earliest . reservations. 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