A National Partnership to Develop a Strategic Plan for the Development of the National Center for Pulp and Paper Technology

该项目通过四所两年制学院的合作，并在工业界的大力支持和支持下，制定了国家制浆造纸技术中心发展的战略计划。该中心将建立和延续一个技术项目和网络，为全国各地的学生提供有效的教育和培训计划。该中心还将为美国的纸浆和造纸行业提供服务。S.森林产品行业拥有全球竞争力，技术先进的劳动力。亚拉巴马南部社区学院（ASCC）和奥本大学联盟继续在这个项目中增加了四个两年制学院，战略性地分布在美国各地。这些机构包括：（1）肯纳贝克谷技术学院，位于缅因州费尔菲尔德的一所农村学院，（2）威斯康星州阿普尔顿市一个更城市化地区的狐狸谷技术学院，（3）明尼苏达州白色熊湖的世纪社区技术学院，以及（4）朗维尤市一个更城市化地区的下哥伦比亚学院，华盛顿：该项目包括几个国家纸浆和造纸工业组织参与一项名为《2020年议程》的工业、学术界和政府倡议。这些国家组织包括：（1）美国森林和造纸协会（AF PA），（2）纸浆和造纸工业技术协会（TAPPI），（3）造纸、工业联合和化学能源工人国际联盟（PACE）。这一举措能够聚焦行业的技术愿景，制定行业的技术议程，并为行业提供科学和技术基础。《2020年议程》的一个主要重点是发展技术先进的劳动力（TAW），以操作和维护当今的新技术，更重要的是，在未来几年。该中心的规划将密切协调当今和未来的劳动力发展需求，因为为了提高效率和质量，我们国家的纸浆和造纸工业可以成功地在国际上竞争，引进了新的和先进的技术。

This project formulates a strategic plan for the development of the national center for pulp and paper technology through the partnership of the four two-year colleges and with strong backing and support from industry. The center is going to establish and perpetuate a technology program and network providing students around the nation an effective education and training program. The center is also going to provide the pulp and paper sector of the U. S. forest products industry with a globally competitive, technologically advanced workforce. Alabama Southern Community College (ASCC) and Auburn University alliance continues in this project with the addition of four two-year colleges strategically located throughout the United States. These institutions include: (1) Kennebec Valley Technical College, a rural college in Fairfield, Maine, (2) Fox Valley Technical College in a more urban area in Appleton, Wisconsin, (3) Century Community Technical College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and (4) Lower Columbia College in a more urban area in Longview, Washington.The project includes participation of several national pulp and paper industry organizations under an industry-academia-governmental initiative called Agenda 2020. These national organizations consist of (1) The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA), (2) The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), and (3) The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union (PACE). This initiative enables focusing the industry's technology vision, sets the industry's technology agenda, and provides science and technology foundation for the industry. A major focus of Agenda 2020 is the development of a technologically advanced workforce (TAW) to operate and maintain the new technologies of today, and more importantly, in the coming years. The planning for this center is going to closely coordinate the workforce development needs of today and in the future as new and sophisticated technology is ushered in for purposes of efficiency and quality improvement so that our nation's pulp and paper industries can successfully compete internationally.