"WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor is enlisting the aid of Texas colleges and universities with large numbers of Hispanic students to participate in new workforce development initiatives for today's fast-changing labor market.
The Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) will join the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) at a technical assistance conference for these colleges and universities February 5-6 at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas.
The conference, ""Preparing the Workforce for a High Tech Workplace: Lessons Learned, Models for Success, and Partnerships,"" seeks to involve those college campuses with the largest concentrations of Hispanic students in community workforce training and other job resource initiatives.
Several national leaders in workforce development will address this conference, which will focus on issues ranging from the ""lifelong"" learning needs of all Americans to the impact of Hispanics-the nation's youngest and fastest-growing minority population-on the future U.S. work force.
HACU, the nation's leading voice for the academic and career success of Hispanic students, represents more than 270 colleges and universities with high Hispanic student enrollment rates. In Texas, 49 colleges and universities are members or associate members of HACU.
The Texas conference is the third in a series of meetings co-hosted by HACU and DOL/ETA. The first conference was held last fall in California, and the second was held in Florida. All have attracted the participation of Hispanic higher education leaders from throughout the country.
For more information, contact Cindy Sanchez at HACU's Washington, D.C., office at (202) 833-8361. Or visit www.hacu.net. "
The Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) will join the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) at a technical assistance conference for these colleges and universities February 5-6 at St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas.
The conference, ""Preparing the Workforce for a High Tech Workplace: Lessons Learned, Models for Success, and Partnerships,"" seeks to involve those college campuses with the largest concentrations of Hispanic students in community workforce training and other job resource initiatives.
Several national leaders in workforce development will address this conference, which will focus on issues ranging from the ""lifelong"" learning needs of all Americans to the impact of Hispanics-the nation's youngest and fastest-growing minority population-on the future U.S. work force.
HACU, the nation's leading voice for the academic and career success of Hispanic students, represents more than 270 colleges and universities with high Hispanic student enrollment rates. In Texas, 49 colleges and universities are members or associate members of HACU.
The Texas conference is the third in a series of meetings co-hosted by HACU and DOL/ETA. The first conference was held last fall in California, and the second was held in Florida. All have attracted the participation of Hispanic higher education leaders from throughout the country.
For more information, contact Cindy Sanchez at HACU's Washington, D.C., office at (202) 833-8361. Or visit www.hacu.net. "