{"id":2281,"date":"2018-04-18T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T00:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:31:27","slug":"palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"open-para\">Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SAN MARCOS, CA \u2015 Eleven Palomar College programs have earned the California Community Colleges\u2019 Strong Workforce Stars recognition for improving student employment and wage outcomes through the college\u2019s innovative career education courses.<\/p>\n<p>Strong Workforce Stars is an annual recognition for career education programs, also known as career technical education, within the California Community Colleges system whose graduates show significant gains in factors important for advancing social mobility \u2013 a substantial increase in earnings, attainment of a living wage and a job closely matched with the field of study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPalomar College is a leader in career education, with dozens of programs that are helping our students and our region\u2019s economy by imparting immediate, real-world skills for today\u2019s workforce,\u201d said Superintendent\/President Dr. Joi Lyn Blake. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to providing results for our students, and thrilled to receive this recognition from the California Community College system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chancellor\u2019s Office, Palomar\u2019s Strong Workforce \u201cGold Star\u201d achievements included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Apprentice Inside Wireman<\/strong> \u2013 75% increase in earnings, 88% of students attained the regional living wage and 96% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<li><strong>Basic Police Academy<\/strong> \u2013 54% increase in earnings, 88% of students attained the regional living wage and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the following Palomar College programs were recognized with Silver Stars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Computer Science<\/strong> \u2013 64% increase in earnings and 88% of students attained the regional living wage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diesel Technology<\/strong> \u2013 73% increase in earnings and 71% of students attained the regional living wage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Apprenticeship: Drywall\/Lather<\/strong> \u2013 85% increase in earnings and 93% of students attained the regional living wage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Apprentice Sheet Metal<\/strong> \u2013 53% increase in earnings and 86% of students attained the regional living wage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction Inspection<\/strong> \u2013 73% of students attained the regional living wage and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paramedic Training<\/strong> \u2013 69% increase in earnings and 91% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early Childhood Education<\/strong> \u2013 71% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alcohol and Other Drug Studies<\/strong> \u2013 126% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fire Academy<\/strong> \u2013 58% increase in earnings and 100% of students are employed in a job similar to their field of study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>Media contacts:<\/p>\n<p>Laura Gropen, Public Affairs, lgropen@palomar.edu, 760-744-1150 x2152<br \/>\nTom Pfingsten, Public Affairs, tpfingsten@palomar.edu, 760-744-1150 x2960<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d SAN MARCOS, CA \u2015 Eleven Palomar College programs have earned the California Community Colleges\u2019 Strong Workforce Stars recognition for improving student employment and wage outcomes through the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10413,"featured_media":2283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,23,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-home","category-news","category-slider"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&quot; - Palomar News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&quot; - Palomar News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Palomar News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"994\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pfingsten, Tom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pfingsten, Tom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pfingsten, Tom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4\"},\"headline\":\"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Carousel\",\"Home\",\"News\",\"Slider\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star\\\" - Palomar News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4\"},\"description\":\"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/50\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":994,\"caption\":\"Students engaged in a hands on lesson in Diesel Technology class\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Palomar News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4\",\"name\":\"Pfingsten, Tom\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pfingsten, Tom\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.palomar.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tpfingsten\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star\" - Palomar News","description":"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star\" - Palomar News","og_description":"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d","og_url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/","og_site_name":"Palomar News","article_published_time":"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":994,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Pfingsten, Tom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pfingsten, Tom","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/"},"author":{"name":"Pfingsten, Tom","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4"},"headline":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;","datePublished":"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/"},"wordCount":439,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg","articleSection":["Carousel","Home","News","Slider"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/","name":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star\" - Palomar News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-19T00:05:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-30T21:31:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4"},"description":"Total of 11 Palomar programs acknowledged for advancing economic and social mobility for students. Basic Police Academy and Apprentice Inside Wiremen programs singled out for prestigious \u201cGold Stars.\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/auto-diesel-7557.jpg","width":1500,"height":994,"caption":"Students engaged in a hands on lesson in Diesel Technology class"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/palomar-college-honored-as-california-strong-workforce-star\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Palomar College honored as California \u201cStrong Workforce Star&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/","name":"Palomar News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/38478049641ec4b9154ceafe0647a2c4","name":"Pfingsten, Tom","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9783a57a21bb15e96e120e3a61977e4d216b6b0141f53c142c85954086286de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pfingsten, Tom"},"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/author\/tpfingsten\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 09:20:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9945,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions\/9945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}