New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) announced Jan. 20 it will receive $1.3 million from the $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that President Joe Biden signed into law in December 2022.
NJIT said the funding will support two initiatives that will bolster engineering education as well as manufacturing and mechatronics apprenticeship training.
The first – the community college pre-engineering network initiative – will develop programs for traditionally underserved students to pursue a STEM degree.
NJIT’s Makerspace features over $3 million in state-of-the-art equipment. The 21,000-square-foot center is the largest educational facility of its kind in New Jersey, according to the institute. – NJIT
The second – the advanced manufacturing and mechatronics workforce development initiative – will provide training to those from underserved and economically…
