- Unprecedented collaboration among community, business, and education leaders.
Community leadership is actively engaged in requiring and supporting improvement
of student achievement at all educational levels.
- The Community Education Coalition is recognized and empowered as the key
community advocate and catalyst for educational improvement.
- Thirteen bachelor degree programs and one master's degree program have been
added to offerings from IUPUC and Purdue College of Technology Columbus/SEI.
(Compared to 2 bachelor programs in 2000)
- More than 75 certificate and two-year degree programs are now offered by Ivy
Tech Community College. (Compared to approximately 20 programs in 2000)
- Comprehensive transfer-of-credit agreements are now in place between Ivy Tech
Community College and Indiana University Purdue University Columbus. Our region
has moved from being one of the least "articulated" to one of the best
"articulated".
- Establishment of a health occupations advisory group from the region's five
hospitals meets quarterly to discuss key education programs and workforce
issues.
- $2.5 million for workforce development managed by Region 9 (advanced
manufacturing, embedded systems, supervision, and nursing).
- The 130,000 square-foot Columbus Learning Center opened in May of 2005, as a
result of $29.7 million in state funding and a 20-year operating agreement with
the State of Indiana.
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- The Columbus office of WorkOne is also located in the Columbus Learning Center,
linking worker assessments, career counseling, and unemployment services with
the post-secondary providers. In addition, WorkOne resources will be available
readily to K-12 and post-secondary students.
- CAPE has helped encourage an additional investment in excess of $16 million in
the "learning system" by local, regional, and national foundations; local
business and industry; and state and federal government grants.
- $2 million for Dream It Do It state-wide initiative with a portion of it that
will flow through Region 9.
- Teamed with Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation to:
- Develop a community advisory team to support innovation in secondary education,
including "educational centers of excellence"
- Support formation of a community-wide literacy task force
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