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They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships

 

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Employers recommend finding ways to increase instructors' connection to the industry to ensure a better understanding of changing technologies.

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"Employer: There's got to be some flexibility with the use of instructors. A general instructor is not going to necessarily be able to do a great job in every area. So, bringing in outside instructors—bringing in expert instructors—and being flexible in that area is critical.

Question: Bringing in people from the industry to teach a specific class?

Employer: Sure, yeah."		 Northeast
"Employer: I don't know how scalable or feasible this is for other organizations, but in the case of our relationships here at [college], we're approaching a situation where a pretty key instructor was just awarded his sabbatical, and he's going to come and work with us for a year. So, the college pays a good chunk of his salary and we pay him a little bit, and he gets to roll his sleeves up and...

Question: So, he'll spend a year with you guys? And that will probably give him really good knowledge of what's going on in your industry. Does that happen with frequency or is that unusual?

Employer: This is the first time. I hope it becomes frequent."		 Northeast