Selected contract training organizations and their relationships among revenue, structures, and size

Community and technical colleges have created a significant trend for two year colleges by the responsive and progressive approaches utilized within the economic development contract training movement. Since contract training is considered to be a major force in the development of current and future programs, contract educators will need a more sophisticated approach for the challenges in working with business. The predicted growth of these programs over the next ten years will have a significant effect on the mission and policies of the community colleges.;The purpose of this survey study was to extend the literature by examining the community and technical college contract training operations and their relationships among contract revenues, organizational structures, and size using a number of descriptive variables.;Six research questions were constructed using nonparametric tests of significance to test for positive relationships among variables: (R.1) What are the relationships among four current and projected annualized contract training revenue bases? (R.2) What are the relationships among the three organizational structure variables: function/placement within the organization; level of decentralization; and level of autonomy and decision authority? (R.3) What are the relationships among the three organizational size variables: number of employees; number of companies served; and number of enrollments? (R.4) What are the relationships among various contract training revenues and organizational structure variables? (R.5) What are the relationships among organizational structure and organizational size variables? (R.6) What are the relationships among contract training revenue bases and organizational size variables?;The following findings (increasing trends) were found as a result of this investigation: (1) There were high to very high positive relationships among annualized revenue bases with increasing revenue trends over consecutive years. (2) There were moderate to very high positive relationships among descriptive size variables, resulting in relationships among an increasing number of employees, an increasingly larger number of companies served, and increasing enrollment trends over four consecutive years. (3) There were moderate to very high positive relationships among annualized revenue bases and size variables, resulting in strong relationships among increasing revenue trends, increasing numbers of employees, increasing numbers of companies served, and increasing enrollment trends over four consecutive years.