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SME Education Foundation tells Michigan lawmakers PRIME puts students on manufacturing career paths
Summary
SME Education Foundation told the Michigan House Committee on Education and Workforce that its PRIME high‑school program and a new Manufacturing Imperative pipeline have placed thousands of students and adult learners on manufacturing pathways and that Michigan has been a major partner in scaling the effort.
Rob Luce, vice president of the SME Education Foundation, told the Michigan House Committee on Education and Workforce that the nonprofit’s PRIME program pairs local manufacturers with high schools to build custom manufacturing curricula that align with employer needs.
Luce said PRIME (Partnership, Response and Manufacturing Education), established in 2011, is in 128 schools across 26 states and serves about 12,000 students annually. He told committee members that nearly 40% of the PRIME network — 51 schools — are in Michigan, and that last year those 51 schools enrolled roughly 4,000 students who earned about 3,500 certifications. Luce said the state of Michigan has supported PRIME through three appropriations totaling almost $15,000,000.
The program, Luce said, supplies schools with industrial‑grade…
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