Manufacturing, career centers & more: Daily Digest 10.02.13

Associate Vice President for Policy, OSU/OH-TECH
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Ohio Technology Consortium
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 9:00am (updated Friday, October 4, 2013 - 12:03pm)

Auto Production Drives Midwest Manufacturing Rebound in August (Industry Week): The Auto sector production reported to be 8.4% up in August 2013, compared to that of 2012. This productivity means a positive impact for the Midwest region.

Remaking Career Centers (Chronicle): With the growing amount of focus on jobs and the rise in student-loan debt, many have started to question the value of career services on college and university campuses. These forces have drawn out a new set of tasks for campus career centers.  (Subscription Required)

Ohio’s colleges and university presidents to pool talents to plan for capital projects (The Cleveland Plain Dealer): Ohio’s public university and college presidents plan to come together to develop plans for campuses with a focus on job training and economic development.

NSA stores metadata of millions of web users for up to a year, secret files show (The Guardian): New information released on how mass amounts of data is kept in a repository, regardless of whether a person is an NSA target. Material can be used to build “pattern-of-life” profiles of individuals studied.

NASA to launch first 3D printer into Space (Sky News): Engineers create 3D printer to send into space in hopes that the new 3D printing technology will help astronauts make repairs on the International Space Station