Catalog of Transportation Education, Training, and Workforce Development Programs and Resources
July 2008
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Foreword
The Office of Professional and Corporate Development (OPCD) of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is pleased to present its first catalog of Transportation Education, Training, and Workforce Development Programs and Resources . The catalog is designed to serve as a source of information to students, faculty, and transportation professionals, by bringing together in one booklet, transportation-related education, training, and professional development programs offered by the US Department of Transportation and professional associations and organizations. It provides to students useful information about scholarships, internships, and career opportunities in transportation. Faculty members can use it as a resource guide for their students to consider transportation as a career option and as a useful source of information on research opportunities. It can also benefit transportation professionals by providing useful information on training and professional development opportunities, and by promoting partnerships, improving the sharing of information and coordination that will lead to more effective programs that will help meet the transportation workforce development challenge.
The catalog includes brief descriptions of the programs, names of contact individuals, phone numbers, and email and Web site addresses when available. The programs included in the catalog cover a variety of areas, particularly scholarships, internships, career awareness programs, work study opportunities, training, professional development programs and career entry-level programs. They include primarily programs administered by FHWA but also many programs offered by other operating administrations in the U.S. DOT and national professional organizations/associations.
Since this is our first attempt to compile the information, the catalog is not exhaustive. It does not, for instance, include the numerous programs that exist in various States, regions, and universities nationwide.
The information is compiled by the OPCD as part of its effort to share information with its customers and partners about available education and training resources and to promote better coordination among providers of transportation education and training programs. The catalog will also be available on the following FHWA Web site: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/transprogcat and will be updated on a regular basis.
We express our sincere appreciation to all those who helped in the compilation of the information for the catalog. We also welcome any input and suggestions that you may have to make it more effective and responsive to your needs. We recognize that there may be programs that are omitted by mistake or areas where we can improve the quality of the catalog. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact:
Omar A. Elkassed
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Room E76-205
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-4651
omar.elkassed@dot.gov
Moges Ayele, PhD
Senior Liaison for Higher Education
Office of Professional and Corporate Development
