Tag: workforce development
NSF Invests $290M in Quantum Research—and the Next STEM Workforce
The quantum workforce is beginning to move from a specialized research concern into a broader STEM education and workforce-development challenge.
The U.S. National Science Foundation...
Ohio Industry Credentials List
Attainment of industry-recognized credentials has soared across Ohio. Just 2.3 percent of students in the graduating class of 2014 earned credentials during high school,...
14-Year Community College Study Finds More Degrees—but No Clear Earnings Gain
A landmark community college program succeeded at something higher education has struggled to accomplish for decades: getting substantially more students across the graduation stage.
Fourteen...
CTE Is Nearly Everywhere. The Career Connection Still Has Gaps.
Career and technical education has become a mainstream part of the American high school experience. But new national data suggests that simply offering CTE...
Pennsylvania’s New Heavy-Highway CTE Grants Include a $3M Bet on Student...
Pennsylvania is making $12 million available to schools, career and technical centers, colleges and other educational institutions to build or expand programs serving the...
Wharton Model Says Uncapping STEM Green Cards Could Raise U.S. Output...
Published August 11, 2026. TechEd Magazine reviewed the Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis and underlying working paper, National Science Foundation workforce and higher-education data,...
Illinois Just Made CTE an Alternative to Foreign Language for High...
Illinois has enacted a significant change to its high school graduation framework that could elevate career and technical education from an elective pathway to...
$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...
NSF Opens $100 Million AI Infrastructure Hub Competition — and Community...
The National Science Foundation is moving artificial intelligence infrastructure beyond a handful of elite research institutions and toward a state-by-state and regional model that...
U.S. Loses 23,000 Jobs in July as Construction and Durable Manufacturing...
The U.S. labor market weakened in July, but the headline number masks a potentially important shift for career and technical education.
Nonfarm payroll employment declined...
