Apprentice Nation
How the "Earn and Learn" Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America
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College isn’t for everyone. It’s time to challenge the status quo and embrace the potential of apprenticeships in tech, healthcare, finance, and more—which can provide a sustainable pathway to economic opportunity.
For decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical
skills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student loan debt.
Education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jump-start their careers by learning while they earn—ultimately leading to greater workforce diversity and geographic mobility.
With a deep dive into the history behind America’s outdated college system, Craig reveals:
Featuring a directory of US apprenticeship programs by industry and location, Apprentice Nation is an accessible blueprint for a country where young Americans of all backgrounds can launch careers in a variety of in-demand fields. With just a few common sense changes to education and workforce development, anapprentice nation will put the American Dream within reach—for everyone.
Ryan Craig
Ryan Craig is a British playwright, screen, television and radio writer whose plays usually involve both ethical and social matters. He is best known for his plays What We Did To Weinstein (Menier Chocolate Factory, London, 2005) which earned him a Most Promising Playwright Nomination at the Evening Standard Awards; The Glass Room (Hampstead Theatre, 2006), which deals with Holocaust denial; the English version of Tadeusz Slobodzianek's Our Class (2009), The Holy Rosenbergs (2011), both at the National Theatre and the semi-autobiographical Filthy Business (2017, Hampstead Theatre, London).
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