Sapkota, N., & Morrow, L. D. (2019, June), Meeting Workforce Demand through Industrial Partnership: A Case in Louisiana  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33102

\bibitem{asee_peer_33102}
  Sapkota, N., \& Morrow, L. D. (2019, June), \emph{Meeting Workforce Demand through Industrial Partnership: A Case in Louisiana}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--33102

Nabin Sapkota and Laurie D. Morrow.  "Meeting Workforce Demand through Industrial Partnership: A Case in Louisiana".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/33102 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_33102}
  Nabin Sapkota and Laurie D. Morrow.
  "Meeting Workforce Demand through Industrial Partnership: A Case in Louisiana".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/33102 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Governmental and nongovernmental agencies nationwide anticipate an ever-increasing workforce demand due to the inevitable retiring of our current “baby boomer” population. In the past, several initiatives to meet workforce demand through cooperative educational model were short lived. The reasons for discontinuation of such programs can be attributed to either lack of planning or not enough success compared to the anticipated level of success from the program. 
In this paper, authors explain how a Modified Apprenticeship Program (MAP) tailored to meet the needs of local industries can be sustained without expending a large amount of resources.   The example for this case is ‘Advanced Manufacturing Technician’ (AMT).  Several years ago Northwestern State University (NSU) of Louisiana partnered with Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) and collaborated with local and regional manufacturers to offer a two-year Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT) degree program. This program is not a typical college degree program. Modeled after Toyota Maintenance System, this program provides the opportunity for a work/study environment to the students where they are honed to become a well-versed technician with knowledge and skills in core manufacturing practices (safety, 5S, lean manufacturing, problem-solving and machine reliability) as well as six essential professional behaviors (attendance, initiative, diligence, interpersonal relations, communication, and teamwork). 
In this paper, authors who have been with the program since its inception explain the process of bringing local and regional industries on board as to achieve the common objective of meeting technical workforce demand in the region and in the country. The paper explains the process to initiate such programs and highlights potential issues that can arise while launching a successful program. Industrial partners’ testimonials, interactions in addition to authors’ own experience in this regard have been used as the basis for this study’s findings. 

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