For higher education reform, alternative credentials such as vocational certificates have blossomed as a way to provide skills training that leads to a job. However, it’s not clear whether they ...

A total of 77 students graduated from four short-term vocational certificate programs offered by Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education Division in fall 2010. Developed to meet workforce ...

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Earlier this year, Donald Trump said this to a group of Republican lawmakers: “Today you have community colleges and you have all of the—when I was growing up we had vocational schools . . . You learn ...

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Trade schools are gaining popularity as an alternative to four-year colleges. Short-term vocational certificates are the fastest growing type of postsecondary credential, but their value is debated.

As India’s information technology sector faces job cuts amid rapid adoption of new technologies, P Venkatesh, director and co ...

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Her head start came from a vocational certificate incorporated into her high school studies, so she graduated last year with a qualification to work as a teacher aide. Now the 18-year-old is studying ...

Elizabeth Radday, Learning Support teacher at The Marvelwood School, recently spent six months in Finland, where she studied how their innovative vocational education system works for all students, ...

How much extra a student will earn annually by finishing a vocational degree in a field, compared with a similar student who didn’t finish. Source: NBER Working Paper, Career Technical Education and ...