The Meadville Tribune reports Pennsylvania Western University has been awarded a $398,923 Supporting Certified Teacher Registered Apprenticeship (CTRA) Programs grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The funding will help development a Statewide Deaf Education Apprenticeship Program designed to grow the pipeline of certified Teachers more»

Quick Facts: Between lingering pandemic-era stress and retirements, the national shortage of Teachers has become a crisis; In recent years, States have implemented Apprenticeship Programs that cover tuition costs and pay students while they learn; and a Federally-supported program has brought down the cost of an education degree significantly for more»

Dahlia Bazzaz at The Seattle Times reports from Port Townsend that above the ruckus of the ferry’s car deck, the chattering of passengers pressed up against windows and the thrum of engines, Adam Knutsen watched the sea unfold from a place few ever get to stand. The “bridge,” where the Ferry’s Captain and other High-Ranking Officers more»

Patrick O’Donnell at The 74 reports a coalition - including five Governors and major labor Unions have come together to promote the growth of career training and Apprenticeships, as well as align career training and push for national policy change. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Nation’s second-largest Teachers Union, and more»

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has received approval from the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees to establish the Mississippi Center for Apprenticeships and Residency in Education (MCARE) - whose purpose is to provide accessible pathways and career advancement in education. This will be accomplished by more»

Wisconsin Building Trades Council Executive Director Emily Pritzkow recently penned a Labor Perspective that was published in The Daily (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Reporter. It read, in part: Apprenticeships are critical training operations that don’t get the attention they deserve for boosting the American economy and helping so many Wisconsinites find more»

Nakayla Conner (Contra Costa Youth Journalism) at The Bay City News reports despite the need for every household and business to hire an Electrician, Plumber, Welder or other Skilled Trade, these industries are seeing shortages of professionals able to handle the load. One Contra Costa County (California) Union is trying to make a dent in the dearth by more»

Dale Belman is Professor Emeritus of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University and is the Past President at the Institute for Construction Economic Research. He recently authored a report: Registered Apprenticeship In Construction: Built To Last?, which reads in part: Apprenticeship is advantageous to employers in industries such as more»

The Hechinger Report and GBH News report just as American Colleges reach the demographic cliff - a steep decline in the number of 18-year-old prospective freshmen - Higher Education faces mounting pressure from all sides. President Donald Trump has targeted universities, slashing Federal research funding and questioning their tax-exempt status - painting more»

Evie Blad at Education Week reports the Trump Administration has defunded a program designed to help States and districts create and sustain Teacher Apprenticeship Models - a new and increasingly popular way to address Educator shortages through paid on-the-job training for non-traditional candidates. The U.S. Department of Labor canceled a five-year more»

In Paul Denham’s view, working in Skilled Trades is more than a job. It’s a career. An HVAC Technician can do good work, rise through ranks and eventually become a Project Manager, he said. For many young people, working in Skilled Trades is increasingly seen as a more appealing option than pursuing a college education and possibly getting more»

VermontBiz reports Vermont State University (VTSU) has graduated 105 Electricians and 80 Plumbers from the University’s Registered Apprenticeship Programs, offered in partnership with the Vermont Department of Labor. The University saw a nearly 30% increase in the number of Apprenticeship Graduates this year and a 20% increase in the number of more»

Joseph Schwartzburt at The Savannah Morning News reports the largest tool that today's Advanced Manufacturing Maintenance Workers carry is a laptop, said Vice President for Economic Development at Savannah Technical College (Savannah Tech) Tal Loos. "Basically, they're Computer Programmers, but just programming an assembly line instead of a computer to run more»

New Jersey Business reports Thomas Edison State University (TESU) and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue a first-of-its-kind, Statewide Apprenticeship Degree Initiative aimed at expanding access to Higher Education for New Jersey’s Apprentices. Funded more»

Kayla Webster at Inc. reports with more than seven million unfilled jobs in the U.S., employers are looking to an old school method to train and up-skill their newest Workers. Employers aren’t happy with the skills - or lack thereof - their entry-level hires bring to the workplace, so they’re reviving a strategy that’s thousands of years more»

Shannon Coan at The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports Chattanooga’s Apprenticeship Opportunity Hub will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help employers find overlooked talent for its work-based Talent Development Programs. The customized AI agent, named Celeste, aims to make the recruiting process interactive and easier for employers, said more»

Sara Weissman at Inside Higher Ed reports President Trump issued an Executive Order last month instructing Federal Officials to “reach and surpass” a million new active Apprenticeships. It was an ambitious target that Apprenticeship Advocates celebrated, anticipating new Federal investments in more paid on-the-job training programs, in new more»

Madison Colombo at Fox Business reports Dirty Jobs TV Host Mike Rowe is raising concerns about a growing segment of the U.S. population: Men in their prime working years who are neither employed nor looking for work. "There are able-bodied Men in their working ages not only not working, but not looking," Rowe said during an interview. "That, to me, is one more»

The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has announced $2.5 million in funding to support expanding Registered Apprenticeship Programs across New York State. Registered Apprenticeships are a proven pathway to high-paying, in-demand careers and are vital to businesses in search of a talented workforce trained to their specific needs. The grants more»

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has launched two Apprenticeship Programs in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU). Wisconsin’s Coach/Bus Mechanic and Bus Operator Registered Apprenticeship Programs are the first Transit Apprenticeship Programs in the State. MCTS is more»

Laila Kearney at Reuters reports from New York that Google will fund the training of tens of thousands of new Electricians as Big Tech wades deeper into the country's Power Industry on its hunt for the massive amounts of electricity needed for its AI (Artificial Intelligence) expansion. Google's funding, which includes a $10 million grant for Electrical more»

(DES MOINES, IOWA) – The State of Iowa has announced new grant awards for Registered Apprenticeship (RA) sponsors whose programs are building the workforce pipeline across the State. A total of $3.4 million in grants are being distributed to both existing RA programs and programs created in new occupations that are based in high-demand fields. Grant more»

Britt Johnson at KSL NewsRadio 102.7FM in Salt Lake City reports there are currently more than 4,800 Apprentices and over 290 Registered Programs in the State of Utah. According to the Department of Workforce Services Commissioner of Apprenticeship Programs Scott Romney, the number of Apprenticeships has almost doubled over the past five years. And, more»

Roxanne De La Rosa at KTAR.com in Phoenix reports Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has announced a $1 million in funding that will go toward expanding Trade Apprenticeship Programs across the State. The funding is in partnership with the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) and the BuildItAZ Apprenticeship Initiative, which is an effort to create a more»

New Jersey Business Magazine reports the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board has approved the creation of the $9.7 million Apprenticeship Training Centers Construction Grant Program to support the construction of Workforce Training Facilities in the State’s overburdened communities. The program aims to support the establishment of more»

The State of Colorado has approved an Associate of Applied Science Degree for Apprentices to be offered at Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver. The Apprenticeship Degree provides Registered Apprentices with the opportunity to earn a degree from the college while "earning and learning" on the job. Emily Griffith Technical College is leading the Nation more»

Carl Smith at Governing reports the number of Men and Women participating in Construction Apprenticeship Programs in the State Wisconsin increased for the fourth year in a row in 2024. This trajectory needs to be repeated in State after State to get within shouting distance of the nearly 440,000 more Workers the industry will need this year to meet demand more»

Molly Sweeney at WCIA reports Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded more than $2 million to four Pre-Apprenticeship Programs in Central Illinois. The goal of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program, which began in 2021, is to increase diversity in Apprenticeship Programs, as more»

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is celebrating 16 more graduates of its Central Valley Training Center (CVTC) Pre-Apprenticeship Program, surpassing 250 program graduates since it first began in 2020. The CVTC is a 10-week Pre-Apprenticeship Program located in the city of Selma, California that introduces students to 10 different more»

Contractor Magazine reports from Norwalk, Connecticut that HomeServe has announced the winners of its first ever Apprentice and Training Grant Program, an initiative designed to support workforce development in the Skilled Trades Industry. The grants, totaling $50,000, were awarded to the top 20 applicants, all of whom are contractor companies that are a more»

Patrick Deaville at Lake Charles, Louisiana’s KPLC reports SOWELA Technical Community College has now received approval for Louisiana’s first-ever Aviation Maintenance Apprenticeship Program. SOWELA’s paid Apprenticeship Program with Citadel Completions will allow students to get their foot in the door for Aviation Maintenance Technician more»

Katie Castellano at Madison WMTV reports Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, along with the State’s Department of Workforce Development, announced Wisconsin’s Apprenticeship Program has reached a new record for enrollment. More than 17,000 people are enrolled, which is a record high in the 112-year history of the program. The Badger State has more more»

Lindsay Bjerregaard at Aviation Week Network reports United Airlines, like other carriers in the U.S., is bracing for an impending wave of Aviation Maintenance Technician retirements. This has necessitated major hiring pushes to replace retiring Workers, leading to an industry-wide trend toward what Boeing has labeled “juniority across the more»

Maegan Godoy at New America reports across the country, Gen Z (ages 13-28) are struggling to land a good job. Currently, only about 24% - roughly 17 million Gen Zer's, work full time, but finding a job that’s up to the standards of Gen Z adults isn’t easy, especially for those who do not yet have work experience. For Gen Z, Apprenticeships can more»

Zee Johnson at McKnights Long-Term Care News reports two long-term care powerhouses are supporting an Apprenticeship Program aiming to prove Nursing Home Aides are as critical as any other Worker in a facility. The Moving Forward Coalition, along with the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston, is backing a Federally-funded initiative to develop Certified more»

Philadelphia’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 is celebrating its third annual graduating class of Rosie’s Girls, the Building Trades Union’s innovative Pre-Apprenticeship Program that recruits and trains high school girls for careers as Union Electricians. Graduates of the program - named after the iconic more»

Ivy Fowler at News Channel 3 reports from Kalamazoo, Michigan that programs supporting career training are getting $1.9 million in grant funding. In partnership with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), Governor Gretchen Whitmer has awarded $1.9 million in State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant funding into Workforce Development more»

WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News reports from Jackson, Tennessee that Helping Hands of Tennessee has unveiled a non-cost Dental Technician Apprenticeship Workshop at Jackson State Community College. The free 20-person cohort Dental Technician Apprenticeship is part of a State-funded grant. The 12-month Pre-Apprenticeship provides students with all the necessary more»

(LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA) – Career-seekers no longer have to decide between college or the Building Trades because now at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 and Bay Area Industry Training Fund, they can complete a five-year Apprenticeship and earn an Associate Degree, thanks to a partnership with Foothill College - free of charge. Apprentices at more»

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College (UHMC) is offering a free, eight-week Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship Training (from March 24th to May 23rd). The tuition value is $6,000. The course includes six weeks of intensive training in carpentry fundamentals and basic tool use, construction math, basic print reading, metal framing, concrete formwork and drywall. more»

The Standard-Journal reports from New Berlin, Pennsylvania that representatives of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Locals 812 and 607 recently visited the SUN Area Technical Institute to speak to students. They told the Electrical Systems Technology and Electromechanical classes about opportunities available through the Union’s more»

Aspiring Tradespeople have a new opportunity to jumpstart their careers through the Tompkins Build Pathways to Apprenticeship Program. The Ithaca (New York) Area Economic Development is now accepting applications for the 11-week paid Training Program, which begins March 31st at the UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 81’s Training Center. The deadline more»

Annabel Kusnitz at WFFF-TV (ABC22/FOX44) in Burlington, Vermont reports the Vermont Community Broadband Board has announced the Board is sponsoring a new Broadband Technician Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program. This training will cover teamwork skills, first aid and crucial broadband knowledge applicable to work experiences. Class sessions are available at more»

Gene Morse at WWTI-TV in Watertown, New York reports State University of New York’s (SUNY) Canton Campus has announced their Center for Workforce, Community and Industry Partnerships (WCIP) is collaborating with the local Automotive Industry on its next round of on-the-job training opportunities. “Apprenticeship Programs can help employers more»

Phoebe Skok at pv magazine Solar reports Storage Developer Nexamp is laying the groundwork to build a diverse solar workforce through its U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-approved Registered Apprenticeship Program. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes a myriad of incentives for the Solar Industry, but in order to take advantage of many of them, more»

Christopher Replogle at Springfield’s (Missouri) KYTV reports the Springfield Department of Workforce and Economic Vitality has received $150,000 to expand job training. The grant is for three job sectors: education, health care, and construction. It allows the department to serve 50 Pre-Apprentices who will then enter Registered Apprenticeship more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - Early in January, Los Angeles was set ablaze with the largest fires in Southern California’s history. Nine fires burned tens of thousands of acres of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, destroying residences, businesses, and State Parks land, as understaffed Fire Departments scrambled to contain fires on both sides of the more»

Kayla Jimenez at USA TODAY reports as tuition costs for the nation's traditional universities rise, more Americans are searching for well-paying careers they can enter without a four-year degree. A recent national survey of 1,000 voters commissioned by All4Ed, a national non-profit organization that aims to expand equitable opportunities for marginalized more»

The Louisiana Workforce Commission State Apprenticeship Council has approved the launch of the State's first-ever Aviation Maintenance Apprenticeship Program that will connect SOWELA Technical Community College Aviation Maintenance students with a paid Apprenticeship at Citadel Completions. The action is in response to a high demand for Aviation Maintenance more»

Autobody reports Crash Champions has launched of a new Social Media Advertising Campaign promoting its five-stage Associate Service Advisor Program. The campaign aims to connect aspiring Automotive Professionals to the company’s growing Apprenticeship Training Program, while also showcasing opportunities for a rewarding career path within the more»