Discover how a vocational degree equips you for careers like medical coding, auto mechanics, and more, often within two years or less.

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NEW ORLEANS -- Career and vocational education is en vogue, as Republicans who dominate Washington and most state capitols have been touting job training over the bachelor’s degree. But community ...

Given the high costs and varying (and sometimes uncertain) ROI of traditional four-year degrees, many people are looking at alternative education and career paths that offer promising returns without ...

The pipeline for future workers in high-end manufacturing and other hands-on fields, from homeland security to firefighting, has sprung a giant leak during the coronavirus pandemic. The number of ...

Two- and four-year colleges were criticized Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association for doing too little to encourage students enrolled in vocational programs ...

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British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 39, No. 4 (June 2018), pp. 483-500 (18 pages) The present article analyzes the development of the ethnic gap—with respect to the attainment of ...

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 ...