Trade Up: Why the Future Belongs to Skilled Trades and How Career Education is Transforming the Workforce

The four-year college degree has been the preferred path for generations of Americans who saw it as the most direct way to climb the economic ladder. But today, record numbers of college graduates are unable to find jobs and feel as though that ladder has been pulled out from under them. At the same time, many employers struggle to find qualified workers in high-demand fields like construction, manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and other skilled trades. The result is a widening skills ...