WARREN, Mich. - Eighteen Michigan community colleges will receive $50 million to help train skilled workers.
A combination of attrition and the resurgence of manufacturing has created a huge gap in the labor force, necessitating this increase in funding for training programs.
Macomb Community College will $3.8 million for welding, Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machining, automotive manufacturing and more.
Not that they're knocking down my door, but e-mails, phone calls, you dont really see that anymore.In addition to Macomb, both Henry Ford Community College and Oakland Community College each received more than $6 million in new grants.
Yeah, it changes really fast, said Holger Ekanger of Macomb Community College.