The Local Talent Pipeline in Alamance County
Digital Extra 1:Career Apprenticeship Program
Digital Extra 2:Training through Apprenticeship Programs
ncIMPACT hosts a panel on training students through apprenticeship programs in Alamance County. Anita Brown-Graham hosts.
Digital Extra 3:Mechatronics
Many CAP apprentices in Alamance County are training for careers in Mechatronics. Mechatronics is a mixture of mechanical, technical, and computer engineering. The demand for workers in this field led to Alamance Community College creating their own mechatronics program. Generous support for this series is provided by UNC-School of Government and Civic Federal Credit Union.
Digital Extra 4:Developing Apprenticeship Programs
ncIMPACT hosts a panel on how communities can develop an apprenticeship program. Anita Brown-Graham hosts.
Additional Resources
The seventh episode of our new series on UNC-TV is set in Alamance County, North Carolina, where an apprenticeship program helps businesses find skilled workers while it grows the next generation of manufacturing leaders. See below for additional resources on this topic.
- “Building a Local Talent Pipeline.” The Manufacturing Institute. https://bit.ly/2TNmdpW
- “Building a Manufacturing Talent Pipeline: A Toolkit for Educators on How to Embed Industry Certifications to Improve Outcomes in Technical Education.” The Manufacturing Institute. https://bit.ly/2FpPcr5
- “Career Accelerator Program.” https://alamancecap.com/
- “The College Bubble Is Bursting – and That’s a Good Thing.” Investor’s Business Daily. September 2018. https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/college-bubble-tuition-job-requirements/
- Davidson, Paul. “Apprenticeships: College Without the Debt.” USA Today. March 2016. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/03/23/apprenticeships-making-comeback/81802858/
- Irby, Latoya. “Breakdown of Student Loan Debt in the U.S.” The Balance. January 2019. https://www.thebalance.com/2018-student-loan-debt-statistics-4173224
- Lerman, Robert. “The Best Use of Corporate Tax Cuts Is Investing in Apprenticeship Programs.” Market Watch. March 2018. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-best-use-of-corporate-tax-cuts-is-investing-in-apprenticeship-programs-2018-02-20
- Leybold-Johnson, Isobel. “From North Carolina to Uzwil: How an Apprenticeship Trumps College.” Swissinfo.ch. October 2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/from-north-carolina-to-uzwil_how-an-apprenticeship-trumps-college/44451948
- Mulhere, Kaitlin. “This Map Shows the Average Student Debt in Every State. See How You Compare.” Money. September 2018. http://money.com/money/5400742/average-student-debt-state-map/
- Ritter, Sarah. “Building the Future: Deere Works to Attract a New Generation of Manufacturing Workers.” QC Times. October 2018. https://bit.ly/2FpAFLM
- “The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vfl4BGbMxoQ
- Thompson, Derek. “This Is the Way the College ‘Bubble’ Ends.” July 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/college-bubble-ends/534915/
