2+2+2 Workforce Leadership Grants

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Career Paths Require More Education After High School
October 14, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2+2+2 Adds Up for Tech Students
March 12, 2008
Times Leader
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Grant Program Links Three Levels of Education
Sept. 18, 2007
Pocono Record
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Linked to the Future - Nanotechnology
Sept. 18, 2007
Times Leader
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2+2+2 Impact

Program Success

The cornerstone of the 2+2+2 Workforce Leadership Programs is a strong industry/education partnership. The outgrowth of these 24 partnerships has been the recognition of national awards and funding that has been received by several of the projects.

Delaware County Community College (222WLG for AET) with industry partner Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, $4 million in 2004 for Applied Engineering Technology
Montgomery County Community College, (222WLG Biotechnology) is one of five national community college partners involved in a National Science Foundation $3 million award to develop biotechnology technicians.
East Stroudsburg University, (222WLG Computer Security) Center for Research and Economic Development, (CFRED) assisted in the $15 million proposal and award as a partner in the 9-county Wall Street West Initiative to provide training and infrastructure for computer security and information technology.
Northampton Community College, (222WLG Biotechnology) has been awarded a Department of Labor grant for $713,000 in 2007 to train manufacturing and research technicians.
Harrisburg Area Community College (a 222WLG post-secondary partner in advanced manufacturing with the Lancaster Career Center) received a $2 million federal grant to provide advanced manufacturing training.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education received an $810,000 multi-year National Science Foundation award in 2006 to increase the supply of engineering and engineering technologists entering the community colleges.
The Technology Collaborative (222WLG for Robotics) partner, Carnegie Mellon University, received a $900,000 multi-year National Science Foundation award in June 2007 to increase the supply of agile robotics engineers for the defense department.

In addition, related to the 2+2+2 program, Pennsylvania can claim home to the only secondary institution in the country that has its own clean room facility (Lehigh Career & Technical Institute); the only university in the nation that offers both two- and four-year degrees in electro-optics (Indiana University of Pennsylvania); and the first university in the nation to offer a bachelor's degree program in computer security (East Stroudsburg University).

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