Technical Education

Under a new internship program for 100 students, the state will partially reimburse employers who hire recent high school graduates for positions in software, data, cybersecurity, cloud and IT infrastructure.

Aiming to fill thousands of vacant jobs across South Carolina, Aiken Technical College is offering no-cost or quick-turnaround certifications for technicians in manufacturing, wireless tower maintenance and other fields.

Apple plans to add nearly 4,000 jobs in greater San Diego through 2026, which could mean more interest in nearby universities that focus on wireless technology, A.I., silicon engineering and cybersecurity.

With money from the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, four schools in the South Carolina county will try to attract students in fields such as cybersecurity, computer science and network engineering.

The city of Danbury, Conn., has approved a new academy for middle- and high-school students that will teach cybersecurity, scientific innovation, medicine and global enterprise, among other things.

The private Catholic university in Spokane, Washington this week unveiled the Gonzaga Center for Climate, Society and the Environment, which aims to be a resource for students, teachers and community leaders.

Advances in technology are changing what career and technical education programs need to teach, while the growing costs of equipment are increasingly hard for schools to afford. But they’ve never been more important.

Montgomery Public Schools are collaborating with Apple and the nonprofit EdFarm on a new summer program to teach middle schoolers basic coding concepts that can be applied to the real world.

Several schools in southwest North Dakota are working with lawmakers, industry representatives and communities to turn a former Halliburton complex into a multi-million dollar training ground for technical careers.

The National Science Foundation has given almost $300,000 to Robeson Community College, North Carolina, for a three-year expansion of cybersecurity training, Internet access other IT programming.

Over the next three years, IBM's Global University Programs group will help fund career development at Miami Dade College in fields such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, quantum computing.

After months of online instruction, career-tech students in Guilford County Schools are hoping to return to the in-person classes and tools they need to develop skills and receive industry certifications.

Eighteen months after Massachusetts announced a three-year grant program for high schools across the state to develop "Innovation Pathway" career-readiness programs, a total of 49 schools have done so.

Lowe’s and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte have announced the donation will create a new faculty position at the school’s College of Computing and Infomatics, for researching AI and machine learning.

The university has opened its new 320,000-square-foot facility for the spring semester, intended to enhance STEM programming and help the state meet growing workforce demands for math and science professionals.

For technical schools like Minuteman Regional High School in Lexington, Mass., adapting to remote learning has been a challenge that required setting aside funding, supplies and shipments for at-home shop lessons.

The University of Texas at Dallas and the city of Richardson are in the process of turning about 1,200 acres in one of the city’s oldest business areas into an "innovation quarter" with five new technology research centers.

The new funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission will go toward workforce training equipment at the center, which aims to develop employees in autonomous technology, cybersecurity, clean energy and other areas.