Abstract
US Manufacturing's future lies in educating new generations for skill-intensive manufacturing jobs involving STEM and computing. The paper covers manufacturing from workforce perspectives; educational and other causes for decline, and two educational innovations, chosen for their potential to facilitate US Manufacturing's growth, and with it the US economy: Massive Open Online Courses (“MOOCs”) and Stackable Credentials/Credits. Separately and together each could hold a key to lifelong employability at acceptable wage levels for professionals who fill the US manufacturing workforce gap, revealing the gap, at its heart, to be one in education, which the innovations discussed here, could help alleviate.
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