Analysis of the Causes of Workforce Shortages: Create Guidelines for Education and Workforce Development in Transportation to Generate Future Careers for the Navajo Nation
This study aims to investigate the sources of workforce scarcities and create guidelines to address those scarcities as it relates to transportation-related careers inside the Navajo Nation. Specifically, this study has four main components: (1) deliver summer internship opportunities to interested Navajo students in the transportation field at Tran-SET-affiliated universities, (2) support interested Navajo students to attend transportation-related seminars and workshops at Tran-SET-affiliated universities, (3) analyze the root cause of workforce deficiencies in the transportation industry inside the Navajo Nation, and (4) design and begin preparing a transportation-related certificate program at the Navajo Technical University.
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Supplemental Notes:
- 19TTNTU01
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $20000
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747106
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA United States 70803 -
Project Managers:
Melson, Christopher
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Performing Organizations:
Lowerpoint Rd State Hwy 371
Crownpoint, NM United States 87313 -
Principal Investigators:
Ehteshami, Gholam
- Start Date: 20190815
- Expected Completion Date: 20210215
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: College students; Education and training; Guidelines; Labor force; Outreach; Shortages; Transportation careers
- Identifier Terms: Navajo Nation
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01713221
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747106
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 5 2019 5:14PM