Technical Education

A grant program through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will bring scholarships, curricula and training programs to colleges to prepare students for careers along the semiconductor supply chain.

Some educators and advocates say the best way to break the cycle of poverty is by accessing well-paid STEM jobs, as well as the many scholarships that go unawarded each year due to a lack of applicants.

At last week's NASCIO Midyear conference in Washington, D.C., leaders like North Dakota CISO Michael Gregg outlined their approaches to tapping new talent pools for state IT.

A new world of problem-solving tech companies is fast emerging in our time, and today's students have a lot to gain by venturing out of the classroom, whether by field trip or Zoom tour, to see it for themselves.

Penn State, Westmoreland Community College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Community College of Allegheny County will receive $1.5 million for spaces that give tech manufacturers access to equipment and services.

Coding boot camps and educational programs are adapting to generative AI tools like ChatGPT, which are poised to transform several industries, by incorporating them into coursework and teaching students how to use them.

A new school at the University of Southern California will be dedicated to teaching data science and information technology to non-computer majors in order to prepare them for an increasingly digital world.

The exhibition came about through a partnership between community colleges and universities across the state to share simulations, senior projects and opportunities in cybersecurity with current and prospective students.

A public university in Georgia will collaborate with Savannah River National Laboratory in research and global security projects related to cybersecurity, cyberphysical systems, data analytics and quantum cryptography.

New career and technical education programs, including associate's degrees and certificates in cybersecurity, data science and machine learning, are part of a statewide push to fill jobs in the technology sector.

The Brazilian digital services company Compass UOL announced a training initiative to prepare over 15,000 computer science students for work with AWS cloud platforms and generative AI tools.

A public community college in South Carolina is hoping the state budget will allot $10 million to support or expand programs in fields such as EV technology, automated systems and cybersecurity.

The college's first four-year degree programs will be in health care management and artificial intelligence and robotics, building upon related associate degree programs as job openings in those fields increase.

Addressing the ASU+GSV Summit on Wednesday, business leaders made a case for private-public partnerships to aid the development of online workforce training programs, internships and work-based learning.

The Indiana university's latest investments in physical AI, where "bytes meet atoms," include more professors, Ph.D. grants and added degree programs, plus a commitment to online students in various technical industries.

Despite growing up with technology, many graduating students today lack practical training with AI, UI/UX, product management or digital content creation, and businesses could work with universities to build these skills.

Cybersecurity professionals from various industries offered career advice and encouragement at a Tuesday panel hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House National Security Council.

A grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will be distributed among 11 districts and used to evaluate their computer science and other STEM programs, provide scholarships and fund professional development.