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Cech, Scott J. – Education Week, 2008
According to government data, even though manufacturing in general continues to shrink as a proportion of the U.S. economy, domestic high-tech manufacturing has been expanding, and with it, the need for skilled workers. Hence high school students are taking at the Manufacturing Technology Academy (MTA), a 4-year-old dual-enrollment program on the…
Descriptors: High Schools, College Credits, Manufacturing, Skilled Workers