Preparing tomorrow’s transportation workforce : a Midwest summit.

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• Creators:
  Nambisan, Shashi ; Hallmark, Shauna ; Albrecht, Christopher
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation ; Midwest Transportation Consortium
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Labor force
  • Labor
  • Continuing education
  • Education
  • Training
  • Personnel development Workforce development
  • Professional development
  • Education
  • Training
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Midwest Transportation Consortium
• Abstract:
  Preparing Tomorrow’s Transportation Workforce: A Midwest Summit, held April 27–28, 2010, in Ames, Iowa, was one of several ; regional transportation workforce development summits held across the United States in 2009 and 2010 as part of a coordinated ; initiative to ultimately develop a national strategy to address future transportation workforce issues. The initiative is being led by the U. ; S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). This particular summit was ; hosted by Iowa State University’s Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) and Institute for Transportation (InTrans). ; The purpose of the Midwest summit was to assess the educational and training needs of the future transportation workforce and identify ; strategies to address those needs across various career paths. It addressed a broad spectrum of topics including strategies to attract ; women and under-represented minority groups, pre-college opportunities and strategies, post-secondary education, post-college ; continuing education, professional licensure, and specific industry perspectives. The goals of the summit were (1) to gain an improved ; understanding of the transportation workforce needs of Iowa and the surrounding states and (2) to identify best practices in addressing ; the workforce development needs. This event had two tracks: one focused on pre-college education and the other focused primarily on ; college education and practitioners. ; Attendees provided a good cross-section of the larger transportation industry. From what was learned at the summit, Iowa State ; University, like other regional hosts, can develop a “profile of needs” for Iowa including specific job categories over specific time ; horizons. The summit was also successful in identifying best practices in addressing the workforce needs that can be utilized by us and ; others as potential tools or in a “national-level list of attributes.” Each regional summit has provided some guidance in developing ; statewide profiles. The collection of best practices or tools from all the regional summits can be shared and applied to address state (or ; regional) needs profiles to attract, develop, and retain an effective workforce.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24551/dot_24551_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.95 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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