City Career College - C3

城市职业学院（C3）项目与兰肯技术学院、圣路易斯公立学校和行业建立合作伙伴关系，为先进制造业和信息技术领域的就业创造明确定义、加速的职业途径。在未来十年，由于退休、技术变化、全球竞争以及从事科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）职业的学生人数相对较少，预计近350万个制造业工作岗位中有一半以上仍将空缺。人才短缺特别影响两个领域：先进制造业和信息技术（IT）。在制造业研究所最近进行的一项研究中，82%的制造商表示存在中度或严重的技能差距，74%的制造商表示技能差距对其扩张能力产生了负面影响。IT行业也存在类似的差距。为了弥合这一差距，学徒制提供了一种有希望的方法，以确保学生拥有过渡到高需求职业所需的技能。他们提供了一个可行的替代四年制大学学位。传统上与建筑行业相关的学徒制正在发展，包括IT，先进制造业和医疗保健等高增长行业，使学生/员工能够“边赚边学”，并在更有经验的学徒指导下进行第一手学习。学生将通过中学的非正式夏季STEM学习活动进入管道，使他们参与目标职业道路。C3将评估和准备学生参加城市职业学院，在那里他们将参加在兰肯技术学院的课程，并在整个高中高年级获得学位学分。职业顾问，导师和导师将指导学生，并通过带薪实习，工作影子和校园微型企业直接与雇主联系。到大学第一年结束时，参与者将获得副学士学位，并准备就业。C3将评估培养和加速对学生招聘和保留实践和努力的影响，研究吸引少数民族和代表性不足的学生的技术，并评估学生与教师和行业顾问/导师频繁互动的影响。C3将创建一个有可能在大规模上改变劳动力准备的模型。

The City Career College (C3) project forms a partnership between Ranken Technical College, the St. Louis Public Schools, and industry to create clearly defined, accelerated career pathways to employment in advanced manufacturing and information technology. Over the next decade, over half of nearly 3.5 million manufacturing jobs are expected to remain unfilled due to retirements, changing technology, global competition and the relatively low number of students pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. The talent shortage impacts two fields in particular: Advanced Manufacturing and Information Technology (IT). In a study recently conducted by the Manufacturing Institute, 82% of manufacturers reported a moderate or serious skills gap, and 74% of manufacturers reported that the skills gap had a negative impact their ability to expand. A similar gap exists in the IT industry. To bridge this gap, apprenticeships offer a promising method for ensuring that students have the skills required needed to transition into high-demand professions. They offer a viable alternative to a four-year college degree. Traditionally associated with the construction trades, apprenticeships are evolving to include high-growth industries such as IT, advanced manufacturing and healthcare, enabling students/employees to "learn while they earn" and study first-hand under the guidance of more experienced practitioners.C3 serves the national interest by creating a pipeline to these high-demand professions. Students will enter the pipeline through informal summer STEM learning activities at secondary schools to engage them in the targeted career paths. C3 will assess and prepare students to participate in the City Career College, where they will attend classes at Ranken Technical College and earn degree credit throughout their senior year of high school. Career counselors, mentors and tutors will guide the students and connect them directly with employers though paid internships, job shadowing and on-campus microenterprises. By the end of the first year of college, participants will have earned an associate degree and be ready for employment. C3 will evaluate the impact of cultivation and acceleration on student recruitment and retention practices and efforts, examine techniques to attract minority and under-represented students, and assess the impact of frequent interaction of students with faculty and industry advisors/mentors. C3 will create a model that has the potential to transform workforce preparation on a broad scale.