I read about the support Sun provides to acedemia. The No Cost Resources were particularly of interest and I recommend checking them out. However, I have a question about the support. Does Sun provide any assistance or support to those of us in Adult Education? I am in charge of Computers and Office Skills Training (COST) at Adult Community Education, a division of Canton City Schools (Canton, OH). We are accredited through NCA, just like colleges and universities in our area, but we offer certificate programs not degrees. Sun's No Cost Resources seem to discount Adult Education. The chart specifically shows "degree granting" post-secondary and K-12 institutions as those eligible for certain resources.
We provide customized workforce development for area employers and their staff as well as for job-seekers, by providing them with high-quality education in technology. We are absolutely committed to the development and delivery of technology education. I would hope that Sun would want to make their offers available to organizations such as ours and others like us across the state and the nation. We are professional, we are non-profit, we have the ability to offer financial aid (such as Pell grants) to our students, and we are accredited by the same body that accredits the K-12 and Post-Secondary schools. My interest is more than just for the furthering of my institution. I am also the newly elected President of the COST taxonomy for the Ohio Association of Customized Training Specialists (OACTS) and would love to report at our Fall meeting that Sun is supporting our efforts. This message posted from opensolaris.org
