What is the Government Doing to Encourage Interest?
The American employment landscape is changing. The days of following in dad’s footsteps at the plant are over. As more people find that previously stable jobs in manufacturing and labor are disappearing, the government is expanding its efforts to interest job seekers in growth industries like science and technology. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Department of Labor (DOL) is investing approximately $220 million in science and tech training. These grants work on the local level to fund skills training programs through community colleges and apprenticeship programs. The Chesapeake Area Consortium for Higher Education member schools are using ARRA grant money to fund a program to provide certification in Environmental Technology. This program is tuition-free through fall of 2012. ARRA grant money is being used by local universities to fund scientific research and tech training programs. George Washington University recently received a $4.6 million grant fro
