Career Classroom: Morris County Vocational sets out to train supply chain professionals to keep...
Supply chain management is an industry with high demand, especially as the industry evolves to keep pace with consumer expectations all over the world. To best prepare the workforce to fill important supply chain...
BCIT Prepares to Lead the Way in Generative AI Integration Across Career Programs
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept of the future; it’s a defining force of the present. At the Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT), our school leaders and educators believe education must...
Middlesex County Magnet Schools secures grant to prepare an AI-ready workforce
As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms business operations across industries, the impending workforce transition will not be led by AI alone, but by professionals equipped with the knowledge to leverage AI strategically within their respective...
Career Classroom: New program polishes skills and business sense
Tabitha Gessling is called upon for fashion week runways, editorial shoots, weddings and private clients. Her success today as a beauty professional demonstrates the value of not only developing industry-specific skills but knowing how...
Career Classroom: Graduates of N.J.’s county vocational-technical schools are owning their futures
The theme of this year’s Career and Technical Education month, “Celebrate Today. Own Tomorrow,” aims to highlight the impact of career-focused programs on students, communities and industries. The theme is more of a call...
Strong partnerships: New Jersey’s vocational-technical schools recognize Business Partner of the Year for students’...
Toshiba Nelson, supervisor of Catering Operations for Flik Hospitality Group, said she understood the benefits of partnering with a vocational high school even before securing a relationship between her employer and Essex County Schools...
New Jersey cannabis sales surpass a record $1 billion in 2024
New Jersey’s cannabis market surpassed $1 billion in combined medicinal and recreational cannabis sales in 2024, marking a nearly 25% increase from the previous year’s total of $800,279,300 and underscoring the robust growth of...
Career Classroom: High School Biotechnology Programs Support New Jersey’s Dominance in Health Sciences
As the “medicine chest of the world,” New Jersey has a rich life sciences community with pharmaceutical, research, medical technology and other industries all finding homes in the state. “They are here for the...
Career Classroom: Camden County Technical Schools’ new program trains students in manufacturing technologies
Hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs exist in New Jersey, but according to the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, the average manufacturing employee is 47 years or older. To drive that number down and...
Career Classroom: Partnerships, state bond funding support opening of new Union County logistics academy
How do you interest the next generation in global logistics? Tell them the future is theirs.
That’s a prediction Jasmin Lee shared when recruiting the inaugural class of Union County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Academy for...
