Connecting apprenticeship and higher education: eight recommendations

According to a recent New America survey, 88 per cent of Americans view apprenticeship favorably and 83 per cent feel it should be better funded. The recommendations in this policy paper are designed to capitalize on the significant potential of apprenticeship and its renewed public appeal, proposing that policymakers must make it a part of, and not an alternative to, higher education. The recommendations fall into four broad categories: (1) strategies for recognizing apprentices and apprenticeship programs in the US higher education system; (2) financing strategies to expand apprenticeship; (... Show more

Authors: McCarthy, Mary Alice; Palmer, Iris; Prebil, Michael

Published: [Washington, District of Columbia], New America, 2017

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 19 p.

Access item: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/policy-papers/eight-recommendations-connecting-apprenticeship-and-higher-ed/

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