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

本项目通过四所两年制学院的合作，在产业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规划。该中心将建立并延续一个技术项目和网络，为全国学生提供有效的教育和培训项目。该中心还将为美国林产品工业的纸浆和造纸部门提供具有全球竞争力和技术先进的劳动力。阿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所两年制学院，这些学院位于美国各地。这些机构包括：(1)肯纳贝克谷技术学院，缅因州费尔菲尔德的一所乡村学院；(2)威斯康星州阿普尔顿市区的福克斯谷技术学院；(3)明尼苏达州白熊湖的世纪社区技术学院；(4)华盛顿州朗维尤市区的下哥伦比亚学院。该项目包括在一个名为“2020年议程”的工业-学术-政府倡议下的几个国家纸浆和造纸行业组织的参与。这些全国性组织包括(1)美国森林和造纸协会（AF&amp；PA），(2)纸浆和造纸工业技术协会（TAPPI），以及(3)造纸、联合工业、化学和能源工人国际联盟（PACE）。这一举措能够聚焦行业的技术愿景，设定行业的技术议程，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一支技术先进的劳动力队伍，以操作和维护今天的新技术，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，因为新的和复杂的技术被引入，目的是提高效率和质量，使我国的纸浆和造纸工业能够成功地参与国际竞争。

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.