Logistics Technicians: Goods To Go
Riverside Community College District

Henry Rogers Hank.Rogers@rcc.edu 951/222-8211

 

Riverside CCD and their Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) received a grant from the National Science Foundation in August 2008 to develop a program called "Logistics Technicians: Goods to Go."  The project has three goals: 1) to improve the educational experience of pre-technology students by providing a complete fast-track career pathway in supply chain/logistics technology; 2) to recruit regional high school students, at-risk youth and foster care youth to the automated systems and logistics technology program; and 3) to prepare community college faculty to teach the automated systems and logistics technology program by developing their expertise in specialized curricula areas with the support of university faculty.

The project partners with regional high schools serving diverse low-income communities, UC Riverside, and industry to create a streamlined pathway to a baccalaureate degree in Technology and Operations Management. The project recruits from regional high schools, at-risk youth programs, foster-care programs, and a Summer Automation Institute for middle and high school students.