Thursday, July 27, 2017

President Trump's support for apprenticeships puts them back into the spotlight - Shalina Chatlani, Education Dive

With growing state support, K-12 and higher ed have a role to play in the workforce development model. Though some critics still say that such programs disrupt higher education enrollment and shortchange a liberal arts curriculum that gives students lifelong "soft" skills they need for success, more and more stakeholders in the industry are deciding to embrace it as they see long-run advantages. http://www.educationdive.com/news/president-trumps-support-for-apprenticeships-puts-them-back-into-the-spotl/446856/