Arlington Magazine: Trade Schools and Apprenticeships

Trade Schools and Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback

Why some students are rethinking the conventional college path and the value of hands-on experience.

November 12, 2018

Madelyn Rosenberg

Mike Frame at the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington service center. Photo by Benjamin C. Tankersley.

Mike Frame always knew he wanted to work with cars. His father and grandfather were both mechanics. So when Frame was a Yorktown High School student in the early 2000s, he enrolled in auto repair classes at the Arlington Career Center. The summer before his senior year, he landed an

Degrees vs Certifications, or both?

from CNBC @Work

The future of work won't be about college degrees, it will be about job skills

• According to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, 93 percent of freelancers with a four-year college degree say skills training was useful versus only 79 percent who say their college education was useful to the work they do now.
• Sixty-five percent of children entering primary school will end up in jobs that don't yet exist, reveals the World Economic Forum.
• The result is a proliferation of new, nontraditional education options.

Stephane Kasriel, Upwork CEO

Published 8:36 AM ET Wed, 31 Oct 2018 Updated 11:08 AM ET Thu, 8 Nov 2018 CNBC.com

Tony Talbot | AP

Students walk across campus at the University of Vermont in Burlington.

Twenty million students started college this fall, and this much is certain: The vast majority of them will be taking on debt — a lot of debt.

What's less certain is whether their degrees will pay off.

According to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, freelancers put

Shapeways: 5 Beginner’s 3D Design Programs

Products and Design, The Community

5 Awesome Beginner’s 3D Design Programs

By

Ricardo Castano IV

May 18, 2018

3D printing your creations with Shapeways is easy, but designing your 3D models can get a little bit tricky.
Fret not! We’ve compiled a list of five design software that are used extensively in the 3D printing world which you can start using today, regardless of your skill or budget. Without further ado, here’s