Trump Sends Mixed Signals on Apprenticeship and Job Training
An executive order assured apprenticeship and workforce development advocates that their goals were a priority. But Trump’s recent budget proposal leaves them uncertain. By Sara Weissman You have 3/5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. It remains unclear how apprenticeships and workforce development programs will fare under a second Trump administration. andresr/E+/Getty Images President Trump issued an executive order last month instructing federal officials to “reach and surpass” a million new active apprenticeships. It was an ambitious target that apprenticeship advocates celebrated, anticipating new federal investments in more paid on-the-job training programs, in new industries and via a more efficient system. “After years of shuffling Americans through an economically unproductive postsecondary system, President Trump will refocus young Americans on career preparation,” federal officials wrote in a fact sheet on the order. They also emphasized that the federal g
It remains unclear how apprenticeships and workforce development programs will fare under a second Trump administration. andresr/E+/Getty Images President Trump issued an executive order last month instructing federal officials to “reach and surpass” a million new active apprenticeships. It was an ambitious target that apprenticeship advocates celebrated, anticipating new federal investments in more paid on-the-job training programs, in new industries and via a more efficient system. “After years of shuffling Americans through an economically unproductive postsecondary system, President Trump
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