Sunday, September 14, 2014

How to go to college and new workforce training initiatives

This article discusses a new push for workforce education in colleges, sorely needed. It mentions major funding for natural gas field work, definitely a hands-on job, and cybersecurity training.

In addition, the article mentions that having a mentor and an internship in college are two of the biggest predictors of later success. It is not where you go to college, it's how you go to college.

It takes a mentor
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/opinion/thomas-friedman-it-takes-a-mentor.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0

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