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UC and
the Economy
Supporting
Industry Clusters
Training
California’s
Workforce
UC
Impacts
on Technology
Growing
California’s
Agriculture
Campus
Economic
Impacts
UC-Industry
Partnerships
California
Institutes
for Science and
Innovation
Technology
Transfer
Energy
and
Transportation
Engineering
and
Computer Science
Business
Schools
UC
Employment
Opportunities
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Training California’s Work Force
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One of the University of California’s most
important economic contributions is training well-educated, skilled
graduates across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Improving the quality
of human resources is critical to economic innovation and productivity,
especially in a global, knowledge-based economy. UC graduates provide
an important source of the highly skilled workers that power California’s
knowledge-based economy. It is no coincidence that the excellence
of UC’s research and academic programs occurs in the same
places where private-sector growth and innovation appear strongest.
UC is a crucial player along the whole continuum
of workforce training – from college preparation and teacher
development in our K-12 schools to undergraduate and graduate education
on its campuses to continuing education and professional development
programs that help workers upgrade their skills.
UC provides education in more than 150 fields,
one of the broadest ranges of study of any university in the world.
More UC academic programs are consistently rated among the top 10
nationally than any other public or private university. UC graduate
programs inspire independence and innovation in the pursuit of knowledge.
With approximately 42,000 graduate students, UC produces 7 percent
of the nation's Ph.D.s.
Because education is a key foundation for individual
earning capacity, UC’s role in workforce preparation can also
influence economic opportunities for women and minorities through
access to education and training.
Keeping Today’s Worker Productive
Rapid technology advances create frequent changes in the economy,
and require that workers constantly maintain and update skills and
knowledge. With fluid economic directions, career movement has become
more common. The average person will change jobs about 15 times
and careers three to five times. One of the world's largest providers of
continuing education, UC Extension
offers some 17,000 courses each year with about 300,000 enrollments.
Each UC campus’ extension program varies in course offerings
and academic levels according to the needs of the surrounding community
and economy. There are sizeable enrollments in fields related to
California’s key industry clusters in information technology
and science and engineering.
Engineering and
Computer Science
Physical and Biological Sciences
Business Schools
Law Schools
Medical Schools
Graduate Studies
Continuing Education
Teaching the Teachers
Preparing K-12 Students for
College
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California's
future:
It Starts Here
An impact study on UC's contributions to California's economic growth,
health and community resources
(Spring 2003) |
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