Community Colleges and Technician Training. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 269 (89 JC 860 238 TITLE Community Colleges and Technician Training. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session (September 30; November 19, 1985). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Science and Technology. PUB DATE 86 NOTE 260p.; Document contains small print. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS College Role; *Community Colleges; *Educational :gislation; *Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; hearings; *Industrial Training; *Job Training; Retraining; *Technical Education; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS Congress 99th; Proposed Legislation ABSTRACT Hearings were conducted by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology to discuss the role of community colleges in training technical personnel, with particular emphasis on how the National Advanced Technician Training Act cf 1985 (HR 2353) would help community colleges meet this role. This bill creates a msi.ching grant program in the National Science Foundation to help community colleges develop model programs to train and retrain technical workers by providing funds to be used to develop programs and courses, train faculty, organize cooperative programs with local industry and purchase necessary equipment. The minutes for the hearing on the bill include statements by Representatives Doug Walgren and Sherwood Doehlert. Testimony concerning the need for tnchnical training and retraining of workers and the role of communi,:y colleges in this effort by business and educational leaders is provided by Joseph L. Hines of Community College of Allegheny County (PA), Cheryl Wilson of Mellon Bank (PA), Edward J. Slack of PPG Industries (PA), Harold Hall of Hall Industries (PA), John T. Smith of United Steelworkers of America, Jean Noble of Noble Robots (PA), Warren Anderson of Pittsburgh National Bank (PA), John H. Moore of the National Science Foundation, Sheila M. Korhammer of Northampton County I :ea Community College (PA), and Pat Choate of TRW (VA), H. James Owen of Tri-Cities State Technical Institute (TN), Richard T. Anderson of Waukesha County Technical Institute (WI), Michael I. Schafer of Mohawk Valley Community College (NY), and Andrew S. Korim of Community College of Allegheny County (PA). Additionally, information on the First Annual Symposium on Robots for the Handicapped; Waukesha County Technicei Iiistitute's publication, "Th' Business Connection: Class Schedule"; information on the National Council for Occupational Education; "Technician Supply and Demand: How Can Community and Technical Colleges Help Fill the Need?" by H. James Owen; "Criteria for Excellence in Associate in Applied Science Degree Programs," and the text of HR 2353 are included. (RO) COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND TECHNICIAN TRAINING a HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE , COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SEPTEMBER 30; NOVEMBER 19, 1985 [No. 70] Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Technology CO M ( \I U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Once of Educational Researcn and IMf. ovement C3 EJLICATIONM RESOURCES INFORMATION ,s.p. CENTER (ERIC) U.) 0 This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization ft k..) Minor changes have been made to tmprove to reproduchon qualify Points& view or opiniont ^ed on this docu. ment do not necessan represent offictal OE RI postlon or policy 4 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 55 -7420 WASHINGTON : 1986 2 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DON FUQUA,Florida,Chairman ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico* GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee Wisccnsin TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania SHERWOOD L BOEHLERT, New York DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas TOM LEWIS, Florida ROBERT A. YOUNG, Missouri DON RrrrER, Pennsylvania HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri SID W. MORRISON, Washington BILL NELSON, Florida RON PACKARD, California STAN LUNDINE, New York JAN MEYERS, Kansas RALPH M. HALL, Texas ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire DAVE McCURDY, Oklahoma PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan NORMAN Y. MINETA, California HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois MICHAEL A. ANDREWS, Texas WILLIAM W. COBEY, JR., North Carolina BUDDY MacKAY, Florida * JOE BARTON, Texas TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia HARRY M. REID, Nevada DAVID S. MONSON, Utah ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey FREDERICK C. BOUCHER, Virginia TERRY BRUCE, Illinois RICHARD H. STALLINGS, Idaho BART GORDON, Tennessee JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio HAROLD P. HANSON,Executive Director ROBERT C. KETCHAM,General Counsel REGINA A. DAVIS,Chief Clerk JOYCE GROSS FREIWALD,Republican Staff Dwector SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DOUG WALGREN,Pennsylvania, Chairman STAN LUNDINE, New York SHERWOOD L 130EHLERT, New York NORMAN Y. MINETA, California DON RITTER, Pennsylvania GEORGE E. BROWN, JR, California PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan TIMOTHY E. WIRT1I, Colorado WILLIAM W. COBEY, JR., North Carolina T2,RRY BRUCE, Illinois TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina *Ranking Repuolican Member. **Serving on Committee on the Budget for 99th Congress. 3 CONTENTS WITNESSF,3 September 30, 1985: Page Jcseph L. Hines, vice chairman of the board of trustees, Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA 11 Cheryl Wilson, of Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA 26 Edward J. Slack, president, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA 38 Harold Hall, president, Hall Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 45 John T. Smith, assistant to the international president, United Steel- workers of America 46 Jean Noble, president of Noble Robots, Exports, PA 61 Warren Anderson, vice president for issues management of Pittsburgh National Bank, Pittsburgh, PA 67 November 19, 1985: John H. Moore, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation; Sheila M. Korharnmer, member. governing board, Northampton County Area Community College, Pennsylvania, and Pat Choate, TRW, Arlington, VA 103 H. James Owen, president, Tri-Cities State Technical Institute, Blount- ville, TN; Richard T. Anderson, district director, Waukesha County Technical Institute, Pewaukee, WI; MichaelI.Schafer, president, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, and Andrew S. Korim, vice president for institutional advancement, Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA 135 Appendix: Additional material submitted for the record .. 241 COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND TECHNICIAN TRAINING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, parsuant to notice, at 9:45a.m., at the Parkway West Area Technical School, Old Steubenville Pike, Oak- dale, PA, Hon. Doug Walgren presiding. Present: Representatives Walgren and Boehlert. Staff present: Robert O'Neill and Maryanne Bach. Mr. WALGREN. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology. Thepurpose of today's hearing is to discuss the role of community colleges in training technical personnel. In particular, we wish to examine how the National Advanced Technician Training Act of 1985 would help community colleges meet this challenge. The subcommittee is fortunate to have a group of interesting and knowledgeable wit- nesses who will share their special perspective on the application of new technology in the economy. At the outset I want to welcome Cheryl Wilson, and I want to welcome also Sherwood Boehlert. Congressman Boehlert represents a district in upstate New York, and is the ranking Republican member on the subcommittee that I chair, of the Science, Research, and Technology Committee, andas such, has been a tremendous help in enabling our subcommittee to make a good contribution during very difficult governmental peri- ods. I really want to express my appreciation foryour coming to Pittsburgh, and also for the approach you have taken to the sub- committee's business as a whole, because without that,we would not have been able to do some of the things that the subcommittee has done in funding the National Science Foundation, and promot- ing a number of things that are particularly important to the Pitts- burgh area. I know ',..o your own, and we know to the Nation; and I think, in particular, that the super-computing centers,one of which will be at Pitt and Carnegie-Mellon, and one of which will also be in Cornell, which is the home base of Congressman Boehlert. So, with that as background and introduction to you, letme say I thank you for coming to Pittsburgh this morning. I'll finish witha couple of other words, and then give you a chance to introdu,;e yourself. (1) Jt- 2 The purpose of today's hearing is to make a record whichwe can work with in Washington in supp t of funding for technician training on the community college level. This is an effort that is important to Pittsburgh. It is important to the Nation. It has found support in the House of Representatives in the past. In 1984, the House of Representatives passed a relatively comprehensive educa- tional resource bill, in which was something in therange of $20 million for technician training through community colleges, admin- istered by the National Science