The Puget Sound region is experiencing a literal “get in on the ground floor” moment as the space economy begins to warm up, and is expected to take off very soon. A study from the Puget Sound Regional Council concludes that “Washington state and the central Puget Sound region are positioned to lead commercial space exploration and development.” The next … Read More
America’s Best and Worst Colleges for Vocational Certificates
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 mechanical, you learn bricklaying and carpentry and all of these things. We don’t have that very much anymore. More…
Filling in the gaps
New career technical centers being built in Lewiston are aimed at training more students in effort to fill shortage of skilled workers. More…
Do Asphalt Professionals Need a College Education?
There are over 30 million jobs in the USA that pay over $60K a year and a vast number of them are unfilled because today’s youth has been indoctrinated to believe that if you don’t have a college degree, you will struggle to get through life. More…
Students from Wash. colleges graduate with less debt than most of the nation, study says
According to LendEDU’s Student Debt by School by State report, Washington is headed in the right direction. Washington’s average debt per borrower, or D.P.B., went from $24,164 in 2016 to $23,359 in 2017, a 3 percent decrease. More…
OPINION: ‘The fact that today’s youth feel ill-prepared or uninformed should set off alarm bells’
For many high school graduates, “career-ready” is more a catch-phrase than an accurate description of their educational experiences. According to one survey, over half of students with a career goal in mind say they have not received advice on what steps to take to secure their desired jobs. More…