State’s community colleges fall short training adult workers — here’s how they can improve

COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND their partners can do more to train students for the workforce, a process that should start as early as middle school, community college leaders and experts said in a recent forum.

During the EdSource Roundtable discussion, the first in a new series, panelists agreed that community colleges in California and elsewhere often fall short in preparing adult workers. To remedy that, they suggested strategies such as better career counseling and helping students get more work experience during their education.