Washington D.C. – According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Congress is looking to create greater support to the manufacturing industry. U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015, would will help transform university-industry relations, improve America’s innovation capacity, and ultimately spur significant economic and employment growth.
Dr. Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), praised the legislators. “A national system of manufacturing universities will incentivize institutions to focus more on the advanced manufacturing research and applications that are increasingly needed in the ‘New Economy.’ It will also produce graduates that are better equipped with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in emerging, innovation-based industries. This would include: joint industry-university research projects; training of students that incorporates manufacturing experiences through co-ops or internships; and a focus on turning out more Ph.D. engineering grads who work in industry.”
This legislation could create a paradigm shift in the way universities interact with industry, creating a more symbiotic relationship that can produce the new technologies and employees that are necessary to succeed in the increasingly competitive and high tech manufacturing marketplace.
For the full story: http://www.itif.org/pressrelease/manufacturing-universities-next-generation-university-industry-partnership-0
This legislation could create a paradigm shift in the way universities interact with industry, creating a more symbiotic relationship that can produce the new technologies and employees that are necessary to succeed in the increasingly competitive and high tech manufacturing marketplace.
For the full story: http://www.itif.org/pressrelease/manufacturing-universities-next-generation-university-industry-partnership-0
