By Tanner Kent
Free Press Staff Writer
NORTH MANKATO
February 27, 2008 12:27 am
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n his 19 years as an instructor at South Central College, Jeff Fischer says he has found a job for every student that wanted to work.
No exceptions, Fischer says, 100 percent.
He teaches computer-integrated machining. His labs are filled with computer-coordinated lathes, mills and scrap metal. His classrooms feature intricate trigonometry lessons and complicated engineering software. His students design, build and assemble motorcycle parts — among many other things.
Fischer and his program are on the leading edge of an evolving job market. A market demanding more and more science, engineering and mathematical skills. A market demanding better critical thinking capabilities and quicker problem solving.
A market, said Jonathan Zierdt to a room full of area ninth- and tenth-graders, that is changing so rapidly the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 will not have existed in 2004.
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More than 300 students from 17 area school districts attended Tuesday’s STEM Summit at South Central College and Minnesota State University. The event showcased occupations in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. John Cross