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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: Educational Partnerships
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers offer various recommendations for improving MnSCU manufacturing programs, such as standardizing program and occupation titles, increasing support for community colleges, and training professors on new technology.
| "Would it be viable for high school welding students to get some kind of AP [advanced placement] credit for their welding classes? We already have AP for college English. Maybe there could be a program where a student could earn credits if they take advantage of the opportunities in industrial technology classes? Maybe that is the question for the colleges, but it might encourage some students—the ones who might not otherwise consider taking a welding class—if they knew they'd get some college credits if they pass the test." | Northwest |
| "If you teach data technology at a high school level there would not only be the skill to do the particular job, but also the understanding of the lean. So, how can we connect two-year programs with the high schools? Can we get those programs better articulated so that maybe students come out with some credits? And maybe have programs that speak not just to the skills, but also how does that actually work on the job? That would be my feeling. I do think most of us can make use of the technical colleges. From what I understand at MnSCU, they are doing a better job of taking that curriculum that was grant-funded and trying to get it into a collective space so that they share it amongst all of the system schools, which has been an issue over the years. But you guys are working on that." | Northwest |