20. November 2008 WARP Fall Conference These data sources were found to be very helpful in preparing the CCS environmental scan, and would be useful for any college in WA. Free Sources US Census Bureau US Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Capital Professional Services State Board for Community & Technical College Washington Office of Financial Management Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction Washington Workforce Explorer www.census.gov and factfinder.census.gov www.bls.gov inflationdata.com www.sbctc.ctc.edu www.ofm.wa.gov www.k12.wa.us www.workforceexplorer.com Subscription Sources National Student Clearinghouse Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. www.studentclearinghouse.org www.economicmodeling.com
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How many of you have participated in an environmental scan? Of those who have NOT participated, who can give me a definition an environmental scan?
Example: Baby-boomer peak starting to reach retire age workforce openings. Baby-boom echo (kids of boomers) is currently passing through high school. HS graduations are peaking declining traditional student enrollments. Also means fewer young people entering the workforce. Mitigating factors: Majority of boomer cannot afford to retire. Will they keep their jobs longer thereby preventing new job openings? If so, will this cause shift in regional career demand relative to prior trends. How will this effect career mobility within existing workforce? Will they be coming back to college for retraining in other fields? What is our institution’s part in all of this?
CCS used a team of 4 researchers. Together we developed the major areas of focus (chapters), then split up the work. We spent 3 months collecting and exploring data, and writing our assigned chapters. Does anyone else who has conducted a scan want to share what there process was like?
Editor CCS used was outside the research team, but had research experience and was able to help synthesize the results. You must tell the story with enough detail that a vision of the future is obtainable to planners.