Arkansas training group honored as model program.The Arkansas Delta Training & Education Consortium has been recognized as a model program for work force training in a report commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ADTEC members include Mid-South Community College in West Memphis, Arkansas West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 28,181, ranking it as the state's 14th largest city, behind Bentonville. Northeastern College in Blytheville, Arkansas State University-Newport, East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City and Phillips Community College in Helena. The Gates Foundation spends about $200 million on grants to elementary and secondary education each year and has pledged to help double the number of low-income students who earn a postsecondary degree or credential with genuine value in the workplace by age 26. Bill Gates is cofounder of Microsoft. "Employers, Low-Income Young Adults, And Postsecondary Credentials: A Practical Typology typology /ty·pol·o·gy/ (ti-pol´ah-je) the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. typology the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. for Business, Education, And Community Leaders," compiled by the Workforce Strategy Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , cites ADTEC for best practices in building a highly trained, highly skilled labor pool. |
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