Technical Education

A Butte County organization has been recruiting students to build one robot per year since 2013 for entry into competitions. The group now has sponsorships from area businesses such as Transfer Flow and Drivergent.

The nonprofit Code.org’s new state-by-state analysis of computer science education has good news and bad news: 2023 saw major progress in making it a requirement, but enrollment is not sufficiently high or equitable.

An internship program at the University of Central Missouri's Innovation Campus allows students to intern at local technology businesses, in fields such as software development and cybersecurity, while taking classes.

Both states are leveraging digital platforms to centralize job prospects, skills data and educational opportunities in the hopes of creating strong talent pipelines to address job access, training and education barriers for residents.

A federal grant to the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute will help build a secure manufacturing tech hub to research new technologies, increase businesses competitiveness and grow a regional workforce.

Researchers at Northwestern University used artificial intelligence to create a program that designed, iterated and refined a new walking robot from scratch, based on a simple prompt, within 26 seconds.

The Community College of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is preparing to open its Center for Education, Innovation and Training, with experiential labs and equipment such as simulators and augmented reality tools.

The Campus Computing Project has launched a research initiative to examine how AI ed-tech tools and other emerging classroom technologies will change instruction in the years to come.

The Boys & Girls Club of Cheyenne and After School for Kids recently got donations of cash from AT&T to support digital literacy in rural communities, as well as 50 computers to distribute to families in need.

A New York community college's newly opened mechatronics lab provides students with high-tech training in electronics, robotics, mechanics, HVAC systems and automated manufacturing to earn certifications.

Starting next semester, the university will offer a fully remote bachelor's degree program to attract non-local students while it develops classes to be able to offer the computer-science program in-person in the future.

As part of the federal CHIPS and Science Act as well as Indiana University's strategic plan, the university is partnering with the U.S. Department of Defense to build up high-tech training programs and industries.

An Oklahoma community college has added wind and renewable-energy courses to its process technology program designed to provide skills needed for the traditional oil and gas, electrical and processing industries.

In order to graduate, freshman entering North Carolina public high schools in the 2026-2027 academic year will have to pass a computer science course, which is likely to cover programming, analytics, AI and cybersecurity.

Greater Lawrence Technical School and Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School will each receive over $700,000 to build talent pipelines in fields such as advanced manufacturing and marine technology.

In Europe, employers are not just involved in career training but in designing educational programs. U.S. career and technical education programs could learn from this, as the most successful ones tend to have a work-based component.

The group Cyber.org recently expanded its Project REACH program to more schools, as it looks to help create a more diverse cyber career pipeline. Many students are simply unaware of the career potential in the industry.

Chariot Automotive Group partnered with Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo this year on a program to teach students the basics of automotive repair, including changing oil and rotating tires.