Where did the idea of merging two year community colleges under technical schools come from?
The current threat to GPC and other two year community colleges came from a report out of an organization entitled: The National Center on Education and the Economy. A committee (the co-chair was Knapp, retired UGA President) wrote their report Tough Choices or Tough Times in 2006. The report and Executive Summary can be found at: www.skillscommission.org/executive.htm Governor Sonny Perdue formed a committee in the summer of 2008 to explore implementation of that original report in Georgia. The first draft of the Georgia committee maintained the two year colleges and the technical colleges as separate entities. The second draft recommended merging the two year colleges under the technical colleges. You can read the latest draft report of the Governors committee at http://www.gpc.edu/~facsen/senate08-09/Jan%20Meeting/Merger%20Documents/Dec%2015%20Memo%20Scanned%20Version.pdf and the earlier report from September http://www.gpc.edu/~facsen/senate08-09/Jan%20Meeting/Merger%20Documents/Se
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