Caterpillar Inc. announced that Indiana will be among the first states to receive funding from its five-year, $100 million workforce pledge, and has committed up to $5 million to training and upskilling efforts across the state.
Read MoreIvy Tech Community College, South Bend-Elkhart, and SlateUp have announced a new partnership to address Indiana’s manufacturing talent shortage.
Read MoreWhen state legislators said last month that expected revenue for the next two-year budget decreased by $2 billion, they partially turned to a handful of items of economic development grant programs and funds, eliminating $42 million in yearly allocations.
Read MoreAs Hoosier education leaders lean deeper into a statewide model that emphasizes work-based learning, a new report from the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute cautions that while apprenticeships are widely considered to be a “gold standard” of workforce training, scaling the programs to meet current needs ”will be challenging.”
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