When President Obama addressed a crowd at a Virginia community college on June 8, he announced the expansion of a program to allow 500,000 community college students to get industry-accepted credentials for manufacturing jobs that companies across America are looking to fill. President Obama said, "The irony is even though a lot of folks are looking for work, there are a lot of companies that are actually also looking for skilled workers. There's a mismatch that we can close. And this partnership is a great way to do it."
The plan partners the private sector, colleges, and the National Association of Manufacturers, the nation's oldest and largest broad-based industrial trade association that represents 14,000 companies in every industrial sector.
Randolph Community College has already taken steps to become a part of this movement to train a more highly skilled work force. RCC was recently awarded a $26,500 grant from the North Carolina Community College System to implement the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)-Endorsed Skills Certification System for its Computer-Integrated Machining program.
For more on this story, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2011/2011-06-13.php.
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