BUSINESSQUARTZ
Trade school enrollment is booming. It's mostly a demographic mirage
Trade school enrollment has increased primarily due to Gen Z reaching the age to attend. However, apprenticeship programs remain unable to meet the growing demand for electricians.
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Adjacent reporting
- Electricians are training for an AI data center boom that may be over by graduation
- America spent decades telling students to go to college. Now it needs trades workers
- Seeking technical education, schools may be looking inward
- Carpentry and plumbing college courses are struggling to keep up with demand as more white-collar workers ditch office jobs to learn a trade
- These young people see bright future in trades but say stigma among obstacles in their way
- AI is great if you're an electrician