“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in underserved communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

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The demand is increasing for skilled manufacturing labor in order to meet the accelerating rate of technological change. A recent report by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte found that 4.6 million jobs will need to be filled in U.S. manufacturing over the next decade, and 2.4 million jobs may be left open due to a lack of trained...