ARCHIVED  November 1, 1996

Community colleges cater to business needs

The role of community colleges has changed dramatically.While these colleges were once considered two-year preparatory schools to get into four-year institutions, now the colleges are technical training centers for people making a career change, companies that want to retrain workers for new projects or individuals who want more training to improve their job skills.
These two-year institutions are a vital part of the community, and community leaders and businesses have become active partners to support and build programs at community colleges, which now have courses tailored to the needs of businesses.
“From 1987 to 1995, 32,040 employees have been trained…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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