Career/Tech Education

House-Senate conference committee votes to keep Tech-Prep program separate from state grants under Perkins program.

Changes in main U.S. career and technical education program largely reinforce trends already under way at community colleges.

Report examines key role of 2-year colleges in "career pathways" model of training employees for key local industries.

They are young, career-oriented and not necessarily in it for personal enrichment, a survey finds.

After losing a popular arts and culinary university, Charleston, S.C., recruits another institution to fill the void.

Technical education group offers work force-focused recommendations for improving higher education.

A relative newcomer on the Beltway scene, Missouri State's defense and strategic studies program attracts aspiring policy wonks (and hawks).

At first glance, the process seems to be working as intended. Students enter work force development programs looking to begin or jump-start a career. Many are sought after, recruited and leave with a job.

But in some cases, the offers come shortly after the students begin their programs, meaning that they haven’t had a chance to earn a certificate or associate degree. This, educators worry, prevents students from reaching their long term career goals.

Minnesota community college hosts a full-fledged high school on its campus, where students take career-oriented courses while earning college credits. The model is catching on.

New degree program for wind turbine technicians at one Iowa community college has spurred interest in another, catered to railroad employees -- whose industry has seen a renaissance because of the state's "green" boom.