If the United States intends to manufacture the next generation of technologies critical for the nation’s economic competitiveness and national security, a well-trained “Skilled Technical Workforce” (STW) is paramount. In recent years, federal policies from subsidies to tariffs have sought to revive manufacturing in the United States. But manufacturing will not take proper root in the absence of a robust workforce training ecosystem. Renewing this ecosystem begins with realigning broken incentive structures and bridging information gaps. Below, we describe the key features of this ecosystem and identify potential solutions.
Renewing the United States’ Skilled Technical Workforce (Sujai Shivakumar and Julie Heng – CSIS)
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