Technical Education

Adam Garry, senior director of education strategy at Dell, says in a Q&A that schools could better prepare students by developing an ideal portrait of a graduate and moving to portfolio assessments instead of tests.

The State University of New York's Adirondack campus says the first Black woman to graduate from its cybersecurity program will do so this year. It's a field that has historically included few women and Black students.

Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania have partnered with technology and aviation companies, engineering firms and other industry leaders to fill vacant positions in direly understaffed fields like cybersecurity.

Funds from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Grant program will go toward new facilities and expanding career and technical education programs in fields like welding, electrical work and building construction.

The U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar” initiative aims to use investment, localized partnerships and awareness campaigns to expand access to high-quality career and technical education programs.

Baltimore County Public Schools next fall will offer Computer and Information Sciences Artificial Intelligence as a magnet program of study for software developers and computer systems engineers.

Warhill High School junior Joshua Markle won the challenge in the 1st Congressional District by designing and programming an app that helps student drivers track their driving hours on a smartphone.

Common misconceptions about career and technical jobs — including what kinds of work and skills they involve, and how much they pay — are hurting students and industries, and future workforce needs necessitate a change.

As part of the Choose Ohio First program, a state grant will help the university recruit Ohio's top high school students for degrees in computer science, computer engineering and cyber operations.

The founder and CEO of the Western Welding Academy is touring high schools in 30 states to evangelize about the possibilities of careers in technical fields, like welding, as alternatives to four-year college degrees.

State Schools Superintendent Richard Woods said Georgia will continue prioritizing career and technical education to create a balanced workforce, and he wants to see partnerships with colleges for teacher-prep programs.

A gift of $35.5 million will go toward scholarships, fellowships and research at the the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, the only “computing-focused” school in the UC system.

Despite declining enrollment elsewhere, Erie Community College and Northland Training Center are expanding a program for mechatronics, an emerging field that combines mechanical, electrical and computer engineering skills.

Some tech companies are nixing traditional four-year degree requirements for new hires as skills-certification programs increasingly provide adequate training at lower costs. But their long-term potentials are different.

A contest at Crowder College's Advanced Training and Technology Center challenged students to demonstrate trade skills in welding and fabrication that some educators believe will soon be highly sought-after.

The new 30,000-square-foot building will house academic certificate programs in welding technology, industrial technology and property maintenance technology, and a two-year program in electrical construction technology.

B3K, a workforce development initiative between aerospace companies and Kern County schools and colleges, will share data to inform schools when positions become available and what skills or certifications they require.

A dual credit program at Daviess County Public Schools has experienced growth and success in the last five years with offerings that include advanced placement, technical courses, coding and an engineering academy.