21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce
Illustrates how a changing U.S. economy demands a revival of employer-based workforce training and suggests a new model of apprenticeship founded on the best of practices past and present, overseas and at home.

Registered apprenticeship provides opportunities to "learn and earn." Research data indicates that individuals who graduate with an apprenticeship certificate have higher starting salaries than those with only a two-year degree. This book examines the rebirth of an age-old concept in the 21st century—apprenticeship. Serving as a call to action with a positive message for parents, entrepreneurs, educators, legislators, and political leaders, the book analyzes the condition of the U.S. and world economies from an employment and occupational perspective and describes how apprenticeship training can significantly bolster the economic recovery.

Author Jeffrey A. Cantor, PhD, explains how modern-day apprenticeships can serve business owners in developing workers, parents in guiding their children into productive careers and professions, community leaders in instituting workforce development policies that support both entrepreneurs and citizens, and college educators in working more effectively with business and industry within our communities. Readers will learn how apprenticeship can provide young people with invaluable opportunities to train for desirable, high-tech, and high-wage jobs, without their having to "give up" on a college education—it is possible to have both.

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21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce
Illustrates how a changing U.S. economy demands a revival of employer-based workforce training and suggests a new model of apprenticeship founded on the best of practices past and present, overseas and at home.

Registered apprenticeship provides opportunities to "learn and earn." Research data indicates that individuals who graduate with an apprenticeship certificate have higher starting salaries than those with only a two-year degree. This book examines the rebirth of an age-old concept in the 21st century—apprenticeship. Serving as a call to action with a positive message for parents, entrepreneurs, educators, legislators, and political leaders, the book analyzes the condition of the U.S. and world economies from an employment and occupational perspective and describes how apprenticeship training can significantly bolster the economic recovery.

Author Jeffrey A. Cantor, PhD, explains how modern-day apprenticeships can serve business owners in developing workers, parents in guiding their children into productive careers and professions, community leaders in instituting workforce development policies that support both entrepreneurs and citizens, and college educators in working more effectively with business and industry within our communities. Readers will learn how apprenticeship can provide young people with invaluable opportunities to train for desirable, high-tech, and high-wage jobs, without their having to "give up" on a college education—it is possible to have both.

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21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce

21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce

by Jeffrey A. Cantor
21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce

21st-Century Apprenticeship: Best Practices for Building a World-Class Workforce

by Jeffrey A. Cantor

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Illustrates how a changing U.S. economy demands a revival of employer-based workforce training and suggests a new model of apprenticeship founded on the best of practices past and present, overseas and at home.

Registered apprenticeship provides opportunities to "learn and earn." Research data indicates that individuals who graduate with an apprenticeship certificate have higher starting salaries than those with only a two-year degree. This book examines the rebirth of an age-old concept in the 21st century—apprenticeship. Serving as a call to action with a positive message for parents, entrepreneurs, educators, legislators, and political leaders, the book analyzes the condition of the U.S. and world economies from an employment and occupational perspective and describes how apprenticeship training can significantly bolster the economic recovery.

Author Jeffrey A. Cantor, PhD, explains how modern-day apprenticeships can serve business owners in developing workers, parents in guiding their children into productive careers and professions, community leaders in instituting workforce development policies that support both entrepreneurs and citizens, and college educators in working more effectively with business and industry within our communities. Readers will learn how apprenticeship can provide young people with invaluable opportunities to train for desirable, high-tech, and high-wage jobs, without their having to "give up" on a college education—it is possible to have both.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440834189
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/20/2015
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Cantor, PhD, retired as provost and interim vice president for academic affairs of Pensacola Junior College, FL. Previously, he was dean of workforce education with Norwalk Community College, CT.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Renewed Interest in U.S. Apprenticeship
2. A 21st-Century Workforce and World Economy
3. American Career and Technical Education in Perspective
4. The 21st-Century Apprentice
5. A Perspective from Firms and Employers Using Registered Apprenticeship
6. A Recipe for Successful Business and Industry Partnerships for Registered Apprenticeship: A Look at the Best of the Best
7. The Community College: An American Innovation at the Center of the Partnership
8. Skills Standards and Industry Credentials: The Framework for Apprenticeship Training and Pathway to College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
9. A Model for 21st-Century Apprenticeship Emerges
10. Join Me and Get Out and Spread the Word
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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