Forging Connections Between Business, Education and Government for Strengthening Technological Skills Among Urban Students

芝加哥市和其他九个大城市正在举行一次全国会议，在城市社区学院、企业和工业、中学和政府之间建立伙伴关系，为城市社区的学生进入技术劳动力市场并取得成功做好准备。随着美国公司越来越多地使用技术，工业界再也不能接受缺乏技术技能的人了。城市社区学院和他们的高中合作伙伴处于独特的地位，在为城市地区的工业保持生产力所需的劳动力做好准备方面发挥着主导作用。必须在工业、城市公立学校和社区学院之间建立伙伴关系，这种伙伴关系的中心目的是使学生为技术职业做好准备，并使学生有机会从事依赖于技术信息的其他职业。参加此次会议的有芝加哥、洛杉矶、迈阿密、辛辛那提、克利夫兰、巴尔的摩、纽约、圣路易斯、底特律等9个主要城市的市长、工商界、公立学校教育监、社区大学校长或校长。为了为这样一个引人注目的国家讲习班制定议程，一个国家指导委员会正在带头规划和协调这项工作。

The City of Chicago along with nine other large urban cities is conducting a national conference to create partnerships between urban community colleges, businesses and industry, secondary schools, and government to prepare students in urban communities to enter and succeed in the technical workforce. With the increased use of technology by corporate America, industry can no longer accept people who lack technical skills. Urban community colleges and their high school partners are uniquely positioned to assume a lead role in preparing the workforce necessary for industry to remain productive in urban areas. Partnerships between industry, urban based public schools, and community colleges must be established that have as a central purpose the preparation of students for technical careers and access of students to other careers which depend on use of technical information. The conference is involving city mayor s offices, business and industry, the Superintendent of the public schools, and Chancellor or President of the community college system in nine major urban cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, New York, St. Louis, and Detroit). To set an agenda for such a highly visible national workshop, a national Steering Committee is taking the lead in planning and coordinating the effort.