Increasingly, young adults are rethinking the value of college. Amid the heightened demand for workers, rising cost of tuition and growingstudent loanburden, more would-be students arechoosing career-connected pathwaysover four-year colleges, according to recent reports. As e...
Course work is provided using classroom technology, intentional teaching practices, and flipped learning techniques to aid high school students and adults through successful use of online learning tools. Each program includes Instructor led instruction webinar, live interaction, mock interview, portfolio hel...
The 13th addition to the critically acclaimed It Happened to Me series is designed to help young adults explore career options and find jobs by providing specific details about apprenticeship programs in their desired field. There are more than 800 apprenticeable jobs in the United States (e.g....
Course work is provided using classroom technology, intentional teaching practices, and flipped learning techniques to aid high school students and adults through successful use of online learning tools. Each program includes Instructor led instruction webinar, live interaction, mock interview, portfolio hel...
I felt like the program helped provide me with the necessary tools needed for becoming an adult. I bought a car. I own a house. Abigail Parsons A vision of success The apprenticeship program was created to help grow a student candidate pipeline, targeting young adults who were unaware a nee...
The 13th addition to the critically acclaimed It Happened to Me series is designed to help young adults explore career options and find jobs by providing specific details about apprenticeship programs in their desired field. There are more than 800 apprenticeable jobs in the United States (e.g....
sector, individuals will learn how cutting-edge training in CNC Machining and Industrial Manufacturing Technology (IMT) can prepare them for long-term, stable employment with good wages. Evening classes offer a flexible option for adults who want to start a new career or advance their skill set....
This system was developed from the experiences of hundreds of employment and training professionals and from several targeted outreach programs currently assisting women to enter the trades. The chapters, each covering a single component, follow a typical woman's progress through the system, from the...
Targeted Clientele--each program sought to provide pre-apprenticeship training program opportunities to hard-to-employ low-income residents (i.e., unemployed and underemployed adults, individuals who have been convicted and served time in jail, youth, previous drug and alcohol abusers, and others) ...
Thus, to the extent that high quality apprenticeships may be associated with low apprentice pay, an additional emerging factor is the age of an apprentice: while low apprentice pay may be problematic for young adults, it can become an even more important issue for older apprentices. Therefore, ...