Firsthand Experience — Made in China

Why is this important to the United States and Western world, and what does it have to do with the educational systems at RIT and Cal Poly, for example?

First, the Chinese government identifies industries that it wants to grow and employ a large number of Chinese—and one of those industries is printing/packaging. Secondly, once the industry is selected, financial assistance is provided in various forms, one of which is scholarships to deserving students. Finally, while RIT and Cal Poly are years ahead as far as teaching, and are more than adequately equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, both schools are not exactly overflowing with students. The opposite is true in China today. (When I was president of NPES, we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars via the GAERF to entice and encourage high school students to consider a career in printing…without much success.)