Apprenticeships can create a bridge between local employers and the communities they serve. In a labor market marked by high turnover, growing skill gaps, and increasing pressure on employers to adapt ...

Emilee Ramirez, center foreground, attends an apprenticeship class at the Laborers Training School in Phoenix on March 19. (Heather Long/The Washington Post) PHOENIX — Emilee Ramirez has something ...

Strict rules for hiring and promotion tend to shut out apprenticeships from California government employment, but one state employee union has made the arrangements work, ushering employees into ...

Confidence in higher education is falling, and with it college enrollment. Many prospective students are no longer confident that a traditional college degree will equip them with the skills required ...

As debt-laden university graduates struggle to secure even a stint of work experience, apprenticeships are becoming an ...