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After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople

High schools and colleges have struggled for decades to attract students to job-oriented classes ranging from welding to nursing. They’ve tried cosmetic changes, such as rebranding “vocational” courses as “career...

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