nover and fewer accidents.
Companies can seek the assistance of local colleges in the development and implementation of customized employee training programs. IBM is one such company which asked the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's department of continuing education to help in the planning, design, and execution of programs such as technical symposiums for plant workers and a "Scholar in Residence" programmer training course. Central Piedmont Community College is likewise a part of an industrial-academic cooperative with IBM. The community college has developed the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program and the Industrial Management Technology program for IBM's production employees, and the New Horizons Science and Technology Lecture Series for IBM employees, local businesses, students and faculty members.
Demand for continuing education cuts across professions. For example, in addition to accountants needing to maintain a certain level of continuing edu
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