Students are putting more emphasis on career training and post-college employment, as more opt for a two-year degree or even ...

Two years ago, Camille Charleston moved from Haiti to the United States, hoping to escape “survival mode” and pursue the American dream. Charleston, 29, didn’t have enough money to pay for college, ...

A traditional university degree is no longer seen as a complete preparation for the complexities of today’s careers. Increasingly, students are enrolling in short-term global courses to develop the ...

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As the push toward skills-based hiring grows, the retail giant is reshaping its education benefit, focusing more on short-term training programs than college diplomas. In 2018, Walmart launched a ...

Joanne Scott had been without full-time work for about two decades and was struggling to reenter the workforce. Then she learned this year about a short-term pharmacy technician program at Mt. San ...