Technical Education

Several institutions in Western New York are partnering with other colleges and universities to expand access to online and in-person degree programs in fields such as cybersecurity, digital media and digital forensics.

Renovations and additions to a building on Wayne High School's campus in Ohio will include three career tech labs for hands-on education in HVAC, welding, and construction/electric/carpentry fields.

The new Ripken STEM classroom at Franklin Square Elementary in Indiana aims to engage students from a young age and cultivate interests in science careers with robots, 3-D printers and interactive activities.

Free workshops at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology this summer coached Indiana teachers to incorporate hands-on projects, energy conservation practices and renewable-energy principles into their lessons.

The district’s CTE campuses have been working with technology leaders from the county and private sector in recent years to ensure cybersecurity course curricula are aligned with ever-changing workforce needs.

A Massachusetts college will use a state grant for workforce training in fields such as cybersecurity, information technology, health care, manufacturing and education, prioritizing underemployed communities.

The University of Cincinnati and the U.K.'s Coventry University are collaborating on a new master's course, “Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors," to prepare students for the rapidly changing industry.

A bill under consideration by a Congressional committee led by Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia aims to turn cities across the U.S. into tech hubs, potentially bringing STEM jobs and research to places like Warner Robins.

Even without anticipated developments from tech companies such as Panasonic and the electric car company Canoo, university officials are still committed to opening a polytechnic institute in Tulsa to train tech workers.

State and regional organizations have banded together to offer grants to seven business-higher education partnerships for programs involving cybersecurity, virtual modeling, software development and data analytics.

A new nine-month program involving online education tools from Emeritus will train senior technology leaders to navigate changing workforce trends, such as the rise of telework and increased threat of cyber crimes.

Institutions like the University of Scranton, Misericordia University and Luzerne County Community College are investing in high-demand fields such as supply chain management, data science and medical assisting.

A community college will offer Maryland's only data analytics degree this fall after a $13.6 million renovation of its technology building last year, which included a "hackathon" room and a 3D virtual dissection table.

The National Science Foundation will work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures and the Walton Family Foundation to fund research into making STEM more accessible to all students.

A camp for sixth through eighth graders at the university's Ruth Patrick Science Education Center covers a range of topics from password and file protection to malware, hackers, coding and robotics.

Led by Code.org, hundreds of leaders in major companies, nonprofits and schools signed an open letter pressing state governments and education leaders to make computer science a foundational part of K-12 curriculums.

Using the supercomputer Frontera, a professor of biophysics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is predicting the movement of atoms in order to visualize microscopic neuronal activity in the brain.

The editorial board of The Republican praises Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s $15 million investment in workforce training grants for community colleges, arguing these programs are imperative for the state's economy.