TACE/CJC shall provide comprehensive services with the following broad missions:

• To maintain a communication network and arena for mutual association and the exchange of ideas among professionals in continuing and workforce education.
• To provide members with up-to-date, factual information regarding national, state, and local issues affecting the welfare and status of continuing and workforce education in Texas.
• To support professionalism, integrity, and quality continuing and workforce education programs in Texas.
• To support adequate funding for continuing and workforce education programs in Texas.
• To assist business, government, and industry with their "on-going" training and educational needs by placing them in contact with a local community/junior college.
• To assist business, government, and industry as they address the needs of a workforce in transition through consulting and contract training.
• To assist local community/junior colleges as they work with the citizens of Texas individually and with business, government, and industry collectively to see that all residents of Texas are educated in the basic skills needed for successful employment.

TACE/CJC Is Supporting Development of the Texas Economy

The greatest strength of the community, junior, and technical colleges is their ability to respond quickly to specific local business, government, and industry training needs. Flexibility and adaptability are key qualities that distinguish todays programs for continuing and workforce education, as well as a willingness to take that training wherever it is needed in the community.
Among the resources available through the colleges and TACE/CJC members are:

• Contract Training
• Smart Jobs and Skills Development Grants
• Small Business Development Centers
• Consulting Services
• As well as others too numerous to mention

Facts About Community Colleges & Continuing Education

• Texas community/ junior colleges enroll more freshman and sophomore students than all other institutions of higher education in Texas.
• There are 50 community/junior college districts and four technical college campuses strategically located around the state serving the citizens of Texas.
• Community/junior college continuing education and vocational training are designed to address the workforce education needs of today's business, government, and industrial organizations.
• One million new technical positions will be added to the job market over the next several years. Training and retraining through continuing and workforce education will provide the technical literacy needed to keep the workforce of Texas active in the technical job market.
• The convenient, high-quality, low tuition cost training provided by the community/junior colleges through continuing and workforce education enables everyone to benefit from up-to-date knowledge and technology.
• Continuing Education Units (CEUs), that are nationally recognized, can be earned through almost all Texas community/junior college continuing education divisions.
• Most requirements for professional certification and state licensing (Mandatory Continuing Education) can be met through continuing and workforce education courses offered by the state's community/junior colleges.
• Most administrators employed by the community/junior colleges of Texas are active members of local chambers of commerce, boards of trade, city, county, and state economic development boards and organizations helping to promote the economic growth of Texas.
• Most TACE/CJC members have affiliations with national continuing education organizations such as The National Council of Continuing Education and Training (NCCET), the Learning Resource Network (LERN), the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), etc.