This audio seminar, created through the Encore College Initiative, provides tips to help college administrators sustain and expand programs that train plus-50 adults for encore careers in education, health care, human services and the environment. In this seminar, Civic Ventures staff and three community college administrators who have expanded their encore programs share valuable lessons, including how to: incorporate employer requirements, tap into existing college programs, leverage community partnerships and be creative when obstacles are out of your control.

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To see a tip sheet on sustaining and expanding encore college programs, click here.

To see the American Association of Community College's Plus 50 Initiative Standards of Excellence publication referenced in the audio seminar, click here.

Length: 1.5 hours
Date recorded: February 24, 2011