Area Community Colleges Get Grant For Roving Classrooms For Occupational Training

It’s not your typical classroom setting. 

Parked on the campus of Bishop State Community College, the large trailer on wheels has been converted into a training site for high-tech occupations in the maritime, aviation, manufacturing, chemical and automotive industries. 

The mobile unit is one of five that will rotate among area community colleges, each trailer with a different curriculum and its own instructors. 

Bishop State, along with four other two-year colleges, formed a partnership that won a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The four other regional schools are Faulkner State, Alabama Southern, Jeff Davis and Reid State.