This South Carolina technical college strives to provide new opportunities for students.
A four-year college degree isn’t what it used to be. For many students, what’s guaranteed after graduating isn’t a good-paying job, but crippling debt. At the same time, America needs tradespeople. How could we tackle these tough issues? Encouraging students to seek educational experiences beyond a bachelor’s degree. One possible route is investing in community college training programs.
In Georgetown, S.C., Horry Georgetown Technical College (HGTC) is striving to fill that need with its new Center for Advanced Manufacturing, opening this fall.
Georgetown, are you ready? The Georgetown Center for Advanced Manufacturing opens this fall! Scholarships are available – click to learn more and apply: https://t.co/hHRXF8EN9g#manufacturing #welding #machinetool #mechatronics #GTCAM #theresmore pic.twitter.com/JbciC6w2kb
— HGTC (@gohgtc) April 11, 2019
Like other similar centers in the country, the new facility is part of a local effort to address the manufacturing skills gap in the area. College, school district, county, state and federal funds have made it possible for the center to soon offer “up to 30 welding booths and more than $2 million in mechatronics and machine tool equipment.” Although companies should be doing more to prioritize skills training, this local effort to build the center will pay off by providing students with a variety of opportunities for success.
What else makes HGTC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing a win in the age of unbelievable student debt? Its scholarship options.
Learn more about the Horry Georgetown Technical College Center for Advanced Manufacturing here.