Kansas Spends Millions More Training Engineers Than Jobs With Higher Demand [View all]

[TexasTowelie]

Jon Hu stepped away from Wichita State University’s engineering career fair with beads of sweat forming on his face.

Students and the employers who might offer them jobs had crammed into a university ballroom. Most were donned — and overheating — in suits in the crowded room.

“I’ve been wearing this suit for about five hours,” Hu said. “So, yeah. It’s very, very hot in this.”

In 2011, Kansas set a goal to crank out more engineers. The packed job fair showed some of the results of millions spent through the University Engineering Initiative to achieve that.

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