Technical Education

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has unveiled its Aviation Research and Training Center at Westover Metropolitan Airport, which has a 360-degree traffic control simulator that can replicate any airport in the U.S.

The regional school in Ohio is considering expansion through a facilities project in partnership with Clark State College and the addition of new career paths such as aerospace and aviation technology.

Through a partnership with Full Sail University, 200 schools in the southeast U.S. will receive two years of free access to digital curriculum materials from STEM Fuse, as well as professional development for teachers.

The university will offer training certifications, or “stackable credits,” for students to learn technical skills in subjects like blockchain, cybersecurity or data analytics without attending a full degree program.

A pair of Anatomage Tables at Battle Ground High School in Washington allow students to conduct virtual dissections and view detailed scans of cadavers and organs, inspiring some to pursue health science careers.

The financial services company behind store-brand credit cards this week opened a 10,500-square-foot facility in Connecticut to train students and workers in skills such as web development, UX design and data analytics.

A team of scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed a new technology, digital plasmonic nanobubble detection, that can identify a virus in 30 minutes with the same accuracy as an hours-long PCR test.

The New Hampshire-based company has launched a “plug-and-play” curriculum tool for teachers to create local coding tournaments within or between school districts, potentially helping students learn STEM and other skills.

The foundation will work with local organizations to equip 134 elementary schools in the Permian Basin and train teachers to deliver a weekly, year-round STEM program with technology and custom-designed lessons.

With help from the nonprofit CS is Elementary, Ector County Independent School District in Texas is hosting a series of webinars to teach families about being safe on social media, Zoom calls and other digital spaces.

Supported by nearly $2 million in federal funds, the Central Valley Training Center is expected to open in spring 2023 with classes in information technology, construction, manufacturing and welding.

The university received a gift from philanthropists Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton that will go toward developing its financial technology program, eventually to include a fintech center and degree programs.

The state competition organized by FIRST Indiana Robotics drew 32 teams and hundreds of students, teachers and advisers to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to showcase their work building and programming robots.

Universities are looking to train tomorrow’s blockchain professionals, but the scarcity of developers who can actually code remains a barrier to the mass adoption of distributed ledger technology.

Since it started offering courses in microelectronics manufacturing in 2013, Lorain County Community College has seen 100 percent job placement for graduates of the program, often at local companies.

To meet the state requirement that all public high schools must offer a semester of computer science starting this fall, the Iowa Department of Education has dispensed four grants to train more than 830 teachers.

A survey conducted by ed-tech company Modern Campus and the nonprofit University Professional and Continuing Education Association found a widespread lack of resources for continuing education in the U.S.

Intel's two new programs include a two-week, intensive training session to qualify community college students for work as factory technicians, and another to introduce Hillsboro high school students to job opportunities.