International Workforce Education - The Journey

Jordan is a country with limited natural resources and a rapidly growing population of young people experiencing a high unemployment rate. Currently 30 percent of Jordan’s GDP must be dedicated to the purchase of energy from neighboring countries. The higher education collaboration project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) between Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado, and Al Huson University College (HUC) in Irbid, Jordan, is developing new associate degrees in Solar Energy Technology, Health, Safety, & Environment, and Water Management. The partnership has created new job pathways for youth while also addressing long term solutions to the energy and technical training issues facing Jordan.