The team is moving into the design stage. We spent more time with the Chancellor and the two Presidents to better understand their vision for workforce development, given their prior feedback at the Discovery Gate meeting. There is a clear need to develop a workforce “entity” within VTSU bringing together the existing workforce development and continuing education activities of VTC, NVU, and CU. The Presidents are very much in favor of the design principle of full integration of workforce with VTSU systems and services, similar to CCV’s approach. The Presidents’ vision for “workforce development is everyone’s business” is refreshing and exciting. We are launching into design in preparation for a presentation to the Board in September, laying out the vision, governance, accountability, and goals for workforce development. We are also seeking data to assess where there are gaps in the current delivery of workforce development and continuing education, as well as the costs associated with greater integration.