by Perkins Packages Team | Jun 22, 2021 | Certified Technical Education
Matt Egan, CNN Business As many as 2.1 million manufacturing jobs will be unfilled through 2030, according to a study published Tuesday by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute. The report warns the worker shortage will hurt revenue, production and could ultimately...
by Perkins Packages Team | Jun 15, 2021 | Certified Technical Education
Dan Berthiaume As part of its $700 million Amazon 2025 employee retraining initiative, the e-tail titan is launching the Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship (MRA) Program. The program, which is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, gives employees the...
by Perkins Packages Team | Jun 8, 2021 | Certified Technical Education
Nicole Acevedo Latino and Black workers remain underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce compared with their share of all workers. But a Pew Research Center report published Thursday found that the gap in STEM workforce...
by Perkins Packages Team | May 20, 2021 | Certified Technical Education
Educational Research / Theodore Breton This paper presents evidence that education has direct and indirect effects on national output. Educated workers raise national income directly because schooling raises their marginal productivity. They raise national income...
by Perkins Packages Team | May 17, 2021 | Certified Technical Education
Jon Marcus The number of students in community colleges in the fall declined by more than half a million, or 10 percent, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Of those now enrolled, a fifth say they are likely to delay their graduation...