Ivy Tech to study advanced manufacturing curriculum
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Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw was recently awarded a $40,000 grant to improve its curriculum to better train and attract workers for the advanced manufacturing jobs of the future. The grant was awarded by the American Association of Community Colleges, but funded by General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM).
Ivy Tech is one of seven colleges located near GM plants to receive the grant.
“This study will benefit not just GM but manufacturing companies both in the region and nationwide,” said Gary Duff, executive director of the General Motors Fort Wayne Assembly Plant. “Over the next year, GM and Fort Wayne Assembly will work closely with Ivy Tech to learn how we can better train and attract talent for the advanced manufacturing jobs of the future – right here in Northeast Indiana.”
The grant funds a year and a half long study that shares best practices for integrating advanced manufacturing credentials into college curriculum. Ivy Tech says the study will explore options that launch individuals into higher skills and higher wage opportunities.
“The manufacturing world keeps evolving with the development of new technology,” says Kim Barnett-Johnson, chancellor of Ivy Tech Fort Wayne and Warsaw. “To keep pace with these advancements, this grant will help us find ways to retain high-value instructors who currently work in the industry and develop new curricula that leaves our students workforce-ready after graduation.”