{"product_id":"apprentice-nation-how-the-earn-and-learn-alternative-to-higher-education-will-create-a-stronger-and-fairer-america-hardcover","title":"Apprentice Nation: How the Earn and Learn Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan Craig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollege 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical \u003cbr\u003eskills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student loan debt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEducation 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a deep dive into the history behind America's outdated college system, Craig reveals: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe origins of the student debt crises and admissions scandals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy apprenticeships are an effective pathway to career opportunity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat America can do to catch up with other nations making apprenticeship opportunities broadly available\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere students and job seekers can go to land an apprenticeship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a directory of US apprenticeship programs by industry and location, \u003ci\u003eApprentice Nation\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan Craig\u003c\/b\u003e is a managing director atAchieve Partners. Ryan's commentary onwhere the puck is going in education and theworkforce regularly appears in the biweekly \u003ci\u003eGap Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.He is the author of \u003ci\u003eA New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College\u003c\/i\u003e, which describes the crit-ical importance of last-mile training and the emergence of boot camps, income share pro-grams, and staffing and apprenticeship models as preferred pathways to good first digital jobs, and was named in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as onethe Books of the Year for 2018. Ryan's first bookwas \u003ci\u003eCollege Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, which profiles the comingshift toward competency-based education andhiring. Ryan is a cofounder of Apprenticeshipsfor America, a national nonprofit dedicated toscaling apprenticeships across the US economy.Previously, Ryan led the education and trainingsector at Warburg Pincus. His prior experiencein higher education was at Columbia University.He began his career at McKinsey \u0026amp; Co. Ryanreceived a bachelor's degree summa cum laudeand Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University, andhis law degree from the Yale Law School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764546339104,"sku":"9781637743881","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5f0a33c6140da51688f91fb0f3fdc263.webp?v=1780251701","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/apprentice-nation-how-the-earn-and-learn-alternative-to-higher-education-will-create-a-stronger-and-fairer-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}