Advanced Manufacturing: Establishing Foundations for Education and Career Pathways from Middle School through College

该项目的重点是通过a）市场营销，B）招聘，c）指导和d）更新制造课程，招聘和留住从初中到高中和高中后的学生，解决先进制造技术中严重的劳动力短缺问题。该提案的目标受众是在初中、高中和社区大学学习先进制造技术的学生。女生和少数民族学生接受特别的外联和辅导。全国先进制造业联盟在2003年的一份报告《制造技能危机：应对这一国家挑战的办法》中建议，应在儿童年龄较小时开展外联工作。该报告强调，中学生应该接触职业途径，作为职业决策的第一步，延迟可能会使学生无法参加所需的学术课程，并为过时的陈规定型观念提供时间，从而消除制造业作为职业选择的可能性。该项目还启发家长和教师，使他们了解利用基层个人方法制造的当前现实。

The focus of this project is to address the critical workforce shortages in advanced manufacturing technology through the recruitment and retention of students from middle school to high school and post secondary levels through a) marketing, b) recruitment, c) mentoring, and d) updating manufacturing curriculum. The target audience for this proposal is students that study advanced manufacturing technology at the middle school, high school, and community college levels. Female and minority students receive special outreach and mentoring. The National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing recommended in a 2003 report "Manufacturing Skills Crisis: Solutions for this National Challenge" outreach efforts to children at an earlier age. The report emphasizes that middle school students should be exposed to career pathways as a first step into career decision making and that delaying may preclude students from the required academic courses and allows time for the outdated stereotypes to take hold, thus eliminating manufacturing as a career choice option. The project is also enlightening parents and teachers as to the current realities of manufacturing utilizing a grassroots, personal approach.