With demand for skilled labor skyrocketing, community colleges and private firms in California are considering plans to split training costs. Vocational education is severely under funded in California as high schools emphasize the importance of a college education at the expensive of job training. Under the proposal being investigated, private firms and community colleges would work together to design well-rounded vocational curricula.
See "Plan Seeks to Boost Pool of Skilled Labor", Zanto Peabody, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2001