Measuring Middle-Skills Gaps within the Finger Lakes Regional Economy

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE SERVICES AT MCC

The mission of the Monroe Community College (MCC) division of Economic Development and Innovative Workforce Services (EDIWS) is to: • actively create and promote a robust applied-STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), career and technical education, and middle-skills career pathway system • support investment in curricula and equipment for academic, career and technical education, and industry targeted programming • proactively address the shortage in the educational pipeline (future workforce) and the skills gaps in the existing workforce • reach out to Rochester business and industry in an aggressive and pervasive way.

Using workforce data to drive program development, MCC has launched several initiatives within the past year, including a credit-bearing accelerated precision tooling certificate program and a selection of noncredit courses offered by the MCC Corporate College. The data from this project and various other division projects better inform MCC’s economic and workforce development activities related to: regional grant partnerships, program development and evaluation, and labor market intelligence related to the Greater Rochester workforce. You may contact us at 585.292.3770 or workforceforward.com/JoinDatabase.