Technical Education

Students at Crest High School in North Carolina are receiving Electronics Technician Association International professional certifications, qualifying them to work with direct or alternating current and digital circuits.

Following its acquisition by HackerU last year, the cybersecurity education company Cybint is partnering with more than a dozen higher ed institutions across the U.S. to implement expedited workforce training programs.

Odessa Career & Technical Early College High School in Ector County, Texas, allows students to earn a high school diploma and associate degree at the same time, allowing them to find work in technical fields quickly.

The grant from the National Science Foundation will provide scholarships for 18 students to study computer science, math, biology, engineering technology or other subjects at the university over the next six years.

Ivy Tech Community College’s Anderson campus recently certified its first cohort of students in smart manufacturing and digital integration, having updated its mechatronics lab and required faculty to learn new skills.

A $3 million grant will help the Philadelphia Water Department construct a 5,400-square-foot "floating water workshop" on the Schuylkill River to teach STEAM-based lessons in water ecology to children and adults.

A government program at the Allegheny County college will provide veterans left jobless by the pandemic with free education in over 20 fields including cybersecurity, data analytics and software development.

Chemical engineering students led research into the effects of microgravity on various polymers, with the hope of ascertaining what the International Space Station could use to minimize bacterial transmission.

Soon to open in a renovated YMCA building, the Community Steam Academy-Xenia will give students pathways to graduation involving drone operation, graphic design, robotics, biotech and other subjects.

Senior Izzy Branam and partners at Zionsville Community High School, Indiana, received a vote of confidence through a program from Elevate Ventures for Fia Recruit, their software to help companies find sales people.

As technology becomes increasingly essential for everyday tasks, a county in Wisconsin has a new Digital Literacy Coaches & Navigator Program for residents to receive one-on-one training from volunteer college students.

With projects in cybersecurity, AI, extreme environments, biomedical breakthroughs and educational disparities, the 2021 Carnegie classifications recognized UTSA as a “very high research activity” doctoral institution.

A team led by university astronomer and regents’ professor Marcia Rieke completed the main camera for NASA’s new $10 billion space telescope, the successor to the 31-year-old Hubble, in 2013. It’s set to launch Dec. 25.

Three school districts and 39 career and technology centers will receive money from the state’s Career and Technical Education Equipment Grant program, for new equipment to train students for high-demand jobs.

Seattle Colleges has proposed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in computer science at the community college level, with Amazon donating $1 million to three higher-education entities supporting the effort.

The Indiana college is launching a program to train students for the fourth phase of the Industrial Revolution, involving remotely controlled smart systems of devices that communicate with people and each other.

In celebration of Computer Science Education Week earlier this month, Santa Fe Public Schools are highlighting how local tax dollars fund multi-year plans to deepen and expand computer science education across the state.

The team of student researchers won the inaugral Grainger Computing Innovation Prize for designing a new cryptocurrency driven by a “proof-of-space” algorithm that makes mining more energy-efficient.