Technical Education

A new 23,400-square-foot Automotive Technology Building hosts a two-year program to give college students and dual-enrolled high schoolers entry-level skills for the automotive service and repair industry.

The Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation is working to secure grant funding, apportioned by the state Legislature for career and technical education, to build facilities for Grand Forks Public Schools.

Higher education institutions from Washington, Idaho and Montana are collaborating through a $1.5 million Department of Defense grant to create the Northwest Virtual Institute for Cybersecurity Education and Research.

Thanks to a four-year grant from the American Indian College Fund, the public tribal land-grant university in New Mexico will start planning and recruiting for the bachelor’s program with an aim to start in 2022.

Qwasar and Cañada College at Menlo Park are offering a nine-month training program for software developers, with help from grant funding to achieve a low enough price point to draw applicants from low-income communities.

High demand for experienced engineers has created fierce competition in higher education and the private sector. University professors and industry leaders weigh in on how long the trend will last.

The international hackathon in Bellevue, Wash. featured 130 high school-age students and 45 inventions designed to improve education, including a posture-correcting app and augmented reality for remote learning.

The National Science Foundation has awarded an assistant professor of structural engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology for his research into uses of metals that are three atoms thick.

Besides addressing food insecurity and mental health resources, Colorado State University’s commitment to spend $8.58 million over three years includes building fiber networks and promoting technologically advanced jobs.

A four-week summer program at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, Conn. is hosting professionals in engineering, cybersecurity and other fields to talk to high school-age girls about STEM careers.

As part of iDigBio, a program through the Florida Museum of Natural History funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, the university is working with others to digitize 1 billion museum specimens nationwide.

Funded by an anonymous donation, Missouri Southern State University will build a virtual reality lab in its Health Sciences Center to simulate dealing with patients, working with equipment and talking to family members.

A team of 40 female students led by sophomore Zoe Reich spent four months creating Mother’s Touch, an interactive app that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality by providing users with information and resources.

The University of Wisconsin-Stout's CNIT (computer networking and information technology) program is training students like Brian Halbach, now a consultant with RedTeam Security in St. Paul, to help prevent cyber crime.

SRI Education, Columbia University and the nonprofit Achieving the Dream are partnering on a research center to help students learn study skills necessary for success in online learning environments.

California’s annual budget will help fund the community college district’s new performing arts venue as well as a workforce training center for students in automotive repair, truck technology, machining and other fields.

Registered apprenticeship can bridge the gap between job seekers looking for a living wage and employers who need skilled workers. The system, established during the Great Depression, is experiencing a renaissance.

Students at Dayton Public Schools will tune in virtually to a digital manufacturing workshop, hosted by a University of Dayton professor, to learn a critical skill for 21st century manufacturing.