Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part question-and-answer series with Dr. Doug Flor, Central Alabama Community College’s new dean of workforce and economic development.
Dr. Doug Flor, Central Alabama Community College’s new dean of workforce and economic development, said he has identified new ways to recruit students including reaching out to churches to identify the unemployed and underemployed in addition to working with industry representatives.
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