Missouri to award $9m for innovations

Sacramento Bee states.

The programme pairs universities and colleges with businesses to train students for jobs in high-demand fields.

San Francisco Chronicles notes that among the programmes that won grant funding is an innovation campus in central Missouri that involves local high schools, Linn State Technical College, Lincoln University and several businesses.

The first Innovation Campus was developed by the University of Central Missouri and set up in Lee's Summit.

The funding comes in one-year increments from the Community Development Block Grant Programme, Ozarks First writes.

To participate in the programme, the corporate partners commit to creating or retraining a specified number of jobs. Innovation Campus students would be highly trained candidates for these new positions once they have completed their degrees and the apprenticeship training.