So once we make this commitment, we re committing ourselves for the long term. We re not talking about, oh, just a mild flirtation by business with the college. We re now talking about really a marriage situation. And I think that s really different for community colleges around the country. The industry has to have the patience to wait for some workers to come through the whole program.
Some people go full time, get the degree, and then they get into industry.
Go full time to school. Well, someone s got to pay the bills, you know. They pay for the whole thing. So that the curriculum for what goes on for a technician in a fab in Richmond, Virginia, or Portland or Austin is all the same. And you have to keep in mind that the school only opened in 95.