It’s been a year since President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at getting to 1 million apprentices in the United States. Apprenticeships for America (AFA) has rated the administration’s actions to date…
Brett Terry is a famous man at the 28,000-employee multinational packaging giant Sonoco after being featured as a 2025 Sonoco Champion Award winner in a video introduced by Sonoco’s corporate CEO, Howard Coker. Terry, now…
Six Massachusetts community colleges are partnering with employers across the state to launch new apprenticeship degree programs that combine paid, on-the-job training with academic coursework — connecting students to high-growth careers while helping employers close…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced Tuesday that it will pilot a pay-for-performance model in awarding $145 million to support registered apprenticeships in selected industries. The announcement comes a few weeks after DOL said…
A House hearing on Wednesday focused on high school career and technical education (CTE) programs included discussions about dual enrollment and “degree apprenticeships” at community colleges. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-California), chair of the House Subcommittee…
A wide-ranging Senate hearing on expanding apprenticeships held on Wednesday included discussions on the critical role that community colleges can play in growing the programs in industries that need skilled workers. The hearing held by…
The Trump administration’s push to reach 1 million new registered apprenticeships annually will need more public-private partnerships, as well as help from training providers such as community colleges, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told a…
As the Trump administration champions for expanding registered apprenticeship (RA) programs, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on RAs examines opportunities to expand these earn-and-learn programs as well some well-known barriers, such as administrative…
The U.S. labor secretary on Thursday again pitched block grants for workforce development programs and expanding apprenticeships, this time to Senate appropriators, some of whom questioned how it could be done when the department seeks…
President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary said at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she would focus on beefing up registered apprenticeships, noting that she hasn’t yet talked to the president about non-registered…