Connections
Two Year Community Colleges | Four Year Colleges and Universities
Each of the eight counties served by North Jersey Partners has a community college within its limits working to meet employer needs by developing a competent, skilled workforce. Each year all of the 19 New Jersey community colleges serve students of all ages in credit, non-credit, and workforce training programs.
The mission of New Jersey's community colleges is to provide high quality transfer programs, occupational programs, continuing education courses, business support services, and community service programs at a reasonably low cost in response to local and statewide needs. The New Jersey Council on Community Colleges provides statewide leadership for the two-year institutions.
In addition, the State of New Jersey has designated community colleges as the preferred provider for its customized training program that provides about $30 million in grants each year to upgrade workers' skills. The New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development provides one-point access to all of the vast resources of the state's 19 community colleges, including over 1,700 programs taught by highly qualified faculty with business and industry experience. With 63 campuses statewide, there is a community college facility within 20 to 25 minutes of where every citizen lives or works in the state.
Listed below are the eight community colleges working with North Jersey Partners to meet training and skill development needs:
Community & Continuing Education
Hudson County Community College
Center for Economic & Workforce Development
Retail Skills Center at the Jersey Gardens Mall
Passaic County Community College
Sussex County Community College
Four Year Colleges and Universities
North Jersey Partners continues to reach out to the regional colleges and universities to leverage assets, to discuss existing shortages in qualified workers, to determine anticipated growth industries, and to spur development and job creation through innovation and small business expansion.
The following list provides information on a number of programs currently being implemented by a number of colleges and universities in the North Jersey Partners region. If you would like North Jersey Partners to highlight your programs, please email gale.spak@njit.edu.
Institute for Technology & Professional Studies
Continuing Education & Professional Development
Continuing Studies (Adult Undergraduate)
The Educational Opportunity Fund Program
New Jersey Institute of Technology
NJIT is New Jersey's 128-year old public science and technology university providing graduate and undergraduate courses, certificates and degrees as well as short training classes in a variety of fields. Classes available beginning in May 2010 include:
The Center for Pre-College Programs
Continuing Professional Education
Enterprise Development Center - EDC
CREDIT Courses
Advanced System Analysis and Design
Decision Support Systems for Managers
Enterprise Database Management
Information System Principles
Internet and Higher-Layer Protocols
Legal, Ethical and Intellectual Property Issues for Engineers
Legal and Ethical Issues for Managers
Management Accounting
Management of Computer and Information Systems
Operating Systems Design
Organization Management
Total Quality Management
Web Based Training Design
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Courses (Non-Credit)
iPhone Application Development
Solar Panel Installations
Underground Storage Tank Regulations
Project Management Overview
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey - Newark
Center for Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
New Jersey Small Business Development Centers
Center for Professional & Continuing Education
North Jersey Partners | 744 Broad St., Suite 1705, Newark, NJ 07102 | (973) 596-6400 | northjerseypartners@newark-alliance.org | Updated on: June 29, 2010