Governor Rick Snyder and Talent and Economic Development Director Roger Curtis met with U.P. educators and business leaders in Marquette to discuss the Marshall Plan for Talent. Business, K-12, and higher education participants joined together to discuss needs, potential barriers, and partnerships necessary to help form consortiums that will allow them to apply for Marshall Plan funds.
The Marshall Plan for Talent was announced by Governor Snyder at the end of February. It calls for investing $100 million in innovative programs to revolutionize Michigan’s talent and education system. It will support schools that want to transform education through programs like competency-based certification, world-class curricula and classroom equipment, scholarships and stipends, and support for career navigators and teachers.
It’s estimated that Michigan will have more than 811,000 career openings to fill through 2024 in fields that are facing a critical talent shortage. The greatest demand for talent is likely to be in increasingly high-skill, high-tech fields such as information technology and computer science, manufacturing, healthcare, and other professional trades careers.
For more information, please visit www.michigan.gov/marshallplan.
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