In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 photo, Brian Gasiewski, who received training at Macomb Community College, removes an external housing for an industrial shock absorber from a CNC

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In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 photo, Brian Gasiewski, who received training at Macomb Community College, removes an external housing for an industrial shock absorber from a CNC (computer numerical control) machine at Fitzpatrick Manufacturing Co. in Sterling Heights, Mich. The high-tech job shop crafts high-precision parts for machines used in everything from robotics to aerospace to drilling. Macomb Community College lies a few miles down the road in this Detroit suburb. Sometimes it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Community colleges, long the under-loved stepchildren of American higher education, still don't get the dollars of their four-year counterparts, but they're standing very much in the spotlight these days. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) less