How Did American Manufacturers Respond to Several Leading Public Intellectuals

question 12

Multiple Choice

How did American manufacturers respond to several leading public intellectuals who argued that U.S. worker education levels were lagging behind their counterparts?

• A) They infused millions of dollars into scholarships and training opportunities for young workers to improve their skills.
• B) They held an educational summit, America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages, in which leading manufacturers and educational policy experts developed policies to address the problem.
• C) They responded with their own report, Tough Choices or Tough Times, in which they argued that the U.S. can compete with the Indian economy only if our engineers are smarter than theirs.
• D) They moved manufacturing plants to Mexico, for example, and established non-union plants in states like Kentucky and Alabama.

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