Education Grant for Displaced Workers

The federal government is launching a $7 million grant program to help kick-start training to prepare laid-off autoworkers and other unemployed people for a second career, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.

According to Manpower, the three toughest jobs for U.S. employers to fill this year include engineers, nurses and skilled or manual trade laborers. But most of the top 10 industries are within reach of community college graduates, and Duncan said community colleges are a gem that have been an undervalued resource.

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