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  • Apprenticeships Are Leading a Quiet Revolution in Higher Ed

    Apprenticeships Are Leading a Quiet Revolution in Higher Ed0

    There is a revolution happening in higher education. It’s happening without fanfare. It’s in what futurist investor Peter Diamandis might call the “deceptive phase”. This revolution is the rediscovery of a longstanding idea that somehow got lost in the last century or so: apprenticeship. The Loud Nothing Higher education is a popular target for reformers.

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  • Apprenticeship: Wave of the Future?

    Apprenticeship: Wave of the Future?1

    • January 24, 2014

    With declining academics, a tight job market, and continued outsourcing, America is increasingly looking at other countries to see how to get ahead in the world. According to the Wall Street Journal, however, it seems that Americans are ignoring an education method that’s increasingly popular in other nations: apprenticeship. “American businesses typically want someone else …

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  • Apprenticeship-Trained Workers A Hot Ticket. But Why?

    Apprenticeship-Trained Workers A Hot Ticket. But Why?1

    When it comes to pursuing a good career and salary, college seems the logical pathway to success. According to The Wall Street Journal, however, that common wisdom may not always be true. In fact, the college alternative of apprenticeship may actually offer a better chance of employment and a better salary. “The Labor Department said

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  • Apprenticeship in High School? This State is Trying It.

    Apprenticeship in High School? This State is Trying It.0

    Although apprenticeships have long been a staple of European education, many in the U.S. have viewed them skeptically, having been told that college is the only path to career success. Any student who refuses to tread the college path is thus often viewed as less than brilliant. This narrow view of apprenticeship may be set

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  • Apprehensions at US-Mexico Border Reach 40-Year Low

    Apprehensions at US-Mexico Border Reach 40-Year Low0

    The number of Mexican migrants seized near the U.S. border plummeted in 2015, according to a report by the Pew Research Center. Via Pew: Apprehensions of Mexican migrants declined to near-historic lows last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 2015, according to data released earlier in the year by the U.S. Border Patrol. (U.S. border

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  • Applying the Greene Standard to Rev. Sharpton

    Applying the Greene Standard to Rev. Sharpton0

    Because of offensive tweets posted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., before she won office, House Democrats joined by 11 Republicans voted to strip her of her committee assignments. If this is the new standard, can we apply this to the Rev. Al Sharpton, aka a Democratic “kingmaker,” whose support was solicited by every major

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