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Rerun: Chips and Higher Ed: What the Federal Investment Means for Colleges

Rerun: Chips and Higher Ed: What the Federal Investment Means for Colleges

Update: 2025-08-12
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What does a community college in Idaho have to do with mounting economic tensions between the U.S. and China? A lot, actually. 

On this episode of Future U., Michael and Jeff dive into what the CHIPS and Science Act—the federal spending package designed to reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign manufacturers for microchips and other advanced technologies—means for a segment of American postsecondary institutions that’s often forgotten in these conversations: community colleges. They talk with nonprofit and government leaders about how the CHIPS supports the education and training of a high tech workforce. They then go deep with the team at the College of Western Idaho to get a view of how they are developing these programs in collaboration with their corporate partner, Micron. This episode is sponsored by Ascendium Education Group.

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Rerun: Chips and Higher Ed: What the Federal Investment Means for Colleges

Rerun: Chips and Higher Ed: What the Federal Investment Means for Colleges

Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn