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The global optics, photonics, and imaging industry is growing, but a worldwide shortage of optics technicians exists. Engineers are being called upon to do the work of optics technicians. This paper describes how Monroe Community College, the United States’ only community college awarding associate degrees in precision optics, is educating diverse optics and photonics technicians.
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