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Youth apprenticeship has been successfully piloted in a number of states including, Washington, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon, North Carolina and South Carolina. In these states, thousands of high school students engage in both classroom technical training and paid structured on-the-job training across a number of high-growth, high-demand industries.
Across the United States and Canada more than 200 local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committees (JATCs) used the NJATC’s curricula to help train electrical apprentices. The NJATC developed electrical training curricula for Inside Wireman, Outside Lineman , Voice-Data-Video (VDV), and Residential Wireman programs.
The Vocational Education Act was renamed the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act in 1984. Amendments in 1990 created the Tech-Prep Program, designed to coordinate educational activities into a coherent sequence of courses. The Act was renamed the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
Harvey Fletcher (inventor of the hearing aid) is also a graduate of the university. [200] [201] Four of BYU's thirteen presidents were alumni of the university. Additionally, alumni of BYU who have served as business leaders include Gary Crittenden ('76), [202] former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins ('84), [203] and Deseret Book CEO Sheri L. Dew. [204]
Opportunities Industrialization Center (usually shortened to “OIC” and doing business as OIC of America, Inc. and OIC International, Inc.) is a nonprofit adult education and job training organization headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] with affiliates located in 15 U.S. states.
A dual education system combines apprenticeships in a company and vocational education at a vocational school in one course. This system is practiced in several countries, notably Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol and in the German-speaking Community of Belgium, but also for some years now in France and South Korea.
Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU–Hawaii) is a private college in Laie, Hawaii, United States. It is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). BYU–Hawaii was founded in 1955 and it became a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1974. In 2004, it was made a separate institution.
Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho or BYUI) is a private college in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded 137 years ago in 1888, the college is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Previously known as Ricks College, it transitioned from a junior college to a baccalaureate institution in 2001. [3] [4]