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Item Air Washington - Creating Careers in Aerospace(Spokane Community College, 2015) Kershner, JimIn 2010, unemployment in Washington State hit a Great Recession high of 10.4 percent. Yet the Boeing Company was having trouble finding skilled workers to build its planes, including the revolutionary new 787 Dreamliner. Several of the state’s community college presidents began looking for ways to address this economic disconnect. One of them, Joe Dunlap of Spokane Community College, found a possible solution in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Department of Labor was preparing to distribute $2 billion in grants for workforce education and retraining as part of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus program. Dunlap and like-minded executives at ten other colleges applied for a grant as a statewide consortium. They asked for the maximum single grant amount—$20 million—and they got it. Four years after the program started, more than 4,700 students have graduated and moved into the booming aerospace workforce, changing the lives of many for the better. This book recounts how the unusual educational initiative was put together, and what it taught both educators and students.Item Airframe and Powerplant Computers on Wheels(Renton Technical College, 2014)The Computer on Wheels (COWs) initiative under the Air WA grant allowed for the design and purchase of mobile solutions to allow access to informational software and technical resources in real time. The intent was to better model the work environment of Aircraft Maintenance Technicians on the job. Through COWs, students have access to course materials and aircraft manuals that are updated in real time rather than traditional hard copy formats that become dated and costly to replace. Students also learn how to document work processes closely modeling real world practice (as many airlines are going paperless). COWs can also provide students easy access to other education software designed to enrich learning in real time (e.g. CANVAS, WordWeb, and videos online).Item Common Course Program Summary for Machine Technology(Renton Technical College, 2014-08-23)The Common Course Program Summary for Machine Technology provides detailed information on how the program was developed and revised based on input from the Washington State Aerospace Industry Partners.