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Addressing the Engineering Skills Gap

Project-focused, collaborative, and designed for industry Most U.S. companies project that their engineering department will need to grow over the next five to 10 years. In fact, data from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development lists engineering fields as some of the highest growth occupations. Those projections estimate that by 2026 employment openings […]

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How to Help Women Enter the Technical Workforce

By Maggie Whitman, Associate Director of Women’s Initiatives, Dunwoody College of Technology Historically low levels of unemployment has led Minnesota companies to place an even greater importance on their ability to recruit and retain workers. Gene Rebeck discusses this trend in the December issue of Twin Cities Business and identifies three key areas for companies to […]

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Solving long-term worker shortages in manufacturing starts today

By E.J. Daigle, Ed.D., Dean of Robotics & Manufacturing, Dunwoody College of Technology Minnesota has long been a leader and innovator in the world of manufacturing – and educating the future workforce has been part of Dunwoody’s mission for more than a century. But if we want Minnesota to remain at the forefront of today’s […]