Tag: Technical Colleges
$100 Million Critical Minerals Plan Pulls CTE Into the U.S. Supply...
A $100 million federal critical-minerals workforce announcement released Friday contains a much larger technical-education story than its headline suggests.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced...
Arkansas Opens Lottery Scholarships to Trade Schools as Workforce Pell Begins
Published August 6, 2026. Program details were reviewed against Arkansas Division of Higher Education materials, Arkansas administrative rules, federal Workforce Pell guidance, and reporting...
The Return of Industrial Policy Is Reshaping Career and Technical Education
Industrial policy and CTE are becoming increasingly connected as government investment helps determine which industries, technologies, and workforce capabilities the United States intends to...
The Great Equipment Gap: Why New Labs Don’t Automatically Create Workforce...
Across the United States, schools, career centers, community colleges, and workforce organizations are investing in robotics cells, CNC machines, welding systems, semiconductor equipment, healthcare...
America’s Skills Gap Has a Multiplier: Missing CTE Instructors
The CTE instructor shortage is multiplying America’s broader skills gap by reducing the number of students who can enter and complete technical workforce pathways.
America’s...
The Data Center Boom Is Becoming a CTE Capacity Test
America’s data-center expansion is usually described through investment totals, computing capacity, artificial intelligence, electricity demand, and the race to build new infrastructure. For technical...
Apprenticeship Funding Is Shifting From Enrollment to Results
For years, apprenticeship expansion has been measured largely through activity: new programs registered, employers recruited, participants enrolled, and grant dollars committed. A new round...
Semiconductor Education Is Becoming National Infrastructure
The United States has spent the past several years announcing semiconductor fabs, research centers, supply-chain investments, tax incentives, and new training programs. The next...
IMTS 2026 Is More Than a Field Trip—It Is a Curriculum...
When thousands of students arrive at Chicago’s McCormick Place for the Smartforce Student Summit at IMTS 2026, the most visible outcome will be career...
