action:
pthe community college curriculum,but at the
tome. As a result, we have to take education out
[to the consumer.”
p for ‘80s technology, energy shortage
scounts payable, ana
[nancial aid should be
inked in the new system by
^11 term of next year.
[Overall, Scott projects a
(eneral
increase
in
student access” to com
bers, as well as the in
lease in-«the number of
rminals on campus.
With
the
eventual
[istence of a new .in-
lustrial facility, the chair-
irson of the College’s
igri/lndustrial Division,
¡eorge Warren, is planning
[marriage between the
lectronics and automotive
purses. I
["The automobile is
ranging. Electronic
bvices Tike automatic
loor openers, ignitions,
hks, radios and tran-
ducers that tell you when
pmething is worn out are
Ila reality. When all cars
ave 150 or more electronic
iodules in them, you can
jkthe auto'mechanic wilI
ave to be familiar with
jectronics
in
the
utomotive industry,” said
jarren.
IWarren mentioned a
[allege in San Diego, Calif.,
hat has created a “whole
ew world” for the student
¡trough video learning. At
lie San Diego college,
ilevision and closed dr
ill TV are as much a part
f the curriculum as tex
looks.
There,
the
prriculum can be piped in
to homes of the invalid, and
the aged, and everyone
who takes classes through
this kind of learning can
not only see what’s hap
pening, but talk back to
their instructor through
two-way TV, he said.
, Although Warren doesn’t
see two-way TV a reality at
CCC for about another four
years, he said closed cir
cuit TV on and off campus
is a technology that will be
implemented soon. Aside
from the obvious advan
tages of an alternative form
of education, closed circuit
TV is a plus on the side of
energy conservation. “In
stead of students having to
come here to the campus
for classes, they can take
them in their own living
room. Talk about the
savings in gas and time!”
Warren exclaimed.
“Providing the best
education in the most ef-
J id ent way” has always
been an important directive
to Dean of Instruction Ron
Kaiser. “Decentralized
education,” or “taking
education to the people by
incorporating new delivery
methods and devices,” is
one of Kaiser’s current
goals.
“People want to get
closer to the community
college curriculum, but at
the same time, stay closer
to home. As a result, we
have to take education out
where it’s more convenient
to the consumer (student).”
One of the ways Kaiser
plans to do this is through
assisting
local
high
schools in developmental
programs like high school
continuation. Already, six
tuition-free high school
continuation courses are
offered at Estacada High
School, where College-
employed instructors teach
dropouts or older returning
students. Kaiser said Can-/
by High School is in
terested in implementing
the same type of program,
and a store-front facility
will open soon in Molalla.
With job market trends
constantly shifting, the
College, in cooperation
with Mt. Hood Community
College and
Portland
Community College, has
employed a survey team to
assess workers’ needs in
the metropolitan area labor
market. “We do not have
the date available to us of
the numbers of people em
ployed, types of training
people have, and what
they’ll need in the future/
With more detail, we can
better evaluate what types
of training and education
we should provide to the
worker,” said Kaiser.
Teamwork between the
College and Oregon State
University’s extension
agency will lead to a more
formal relation with the
farmer, a worker who has
been part of the landscape
of Clackamas County for
much longer. than the
College itself.
“Farming students will
no longer need to borrow
the use of a farmer’s barn
for lab use,” a common
practice in the past, accor
ding to George Warren.
Just off the drawing board,
the College’s first livestock
facility will “hopefully be
ready next year,” said
Warren.
a methane digester will
serve as a catalyst for far
mers to learn to handle the
problem of waste disposal,
and its possible use an a
combustible energy sour
ce.
“Looking at people as
individuals more than as
groups” is the main focus
that Health, P.E. and
Human Services Chairper
son Pat Lantz wants in her
division’s
future
curriculum.
The livestock facility will
be located in a four-acre
plot near the southeast
side of the College’s
greenhouse facilities. Not
only will it provide a place
to learn for nearly 80 per
cent of the local farmers,
who, on the average, own
20 acres or less, but could
become a “self-sufficient
operation,” according to
Warren.
Eighteen steer, 50 sheep,
two rams, 19 sows and one
boar are expected to be
housed in the livestock
facility, “but we will not
begin it as a marketing
operation, although we are
eventually aiming at self-
sufficiency. Now,' we’re
looking more at making the
program reach fertility,”
said Warren.
Since the project will
produce more than 451
pounds of waste everv dav
when it reaches full
operation, the prospect of
One way Lantz plans to
reach this goal is in “ad
vocacy training,” what she
describes as a “develop
mental program widening
the
opportunities
foH
people to get back into the
system in areas like single
parenting, and family life.”
In general, she said,
“helping others how to
help themselves.”
As a supplement to the
already existing Retired
Senior Volunteer Program,
Lantz wants to start a
Senior
Companion
Program. Unlike Rent-A-
Grandparent and RSVP, the
Senior
Companion
Program would put the enu
phasis on helping the per
son in a way that they
would not have to leave
their immediate surroun
dings, she said. Here, she
said the direction is on
“self assessment, and
helping other people get to
where they’re going.”
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George Warren, Chairperson Agri/Industrial:
“The automobile is changing. Electronic devices like
automatic door openers, ignitions, trunks, radios, and
transducers that tell you when something is worn out
are all a reality. When all cars have 150 or more elec
tronic modules in them, you can bet the auto
mechanic will have to be familiar with electronics in
the automobile industry
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