Gen Z rethinks education: The rise of skilled trades over traditional college in the US
She snaked conduits among electrical boxes and installed wall sockets in an operating room big enough for a horse.See more onEducation and schoolsUnited StatesGen Z
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Gen Z rethinks education: The rise of skilled trades over traditional college in the USSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxLaDonna Glass, 23, who decided to pursue an apprenticeship as an electrician after one year at Mississippi State University, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on June 25. PHOTO: ANDREA MORALES/NYTIMESCallie HoltermannPublished Jul 26, 2026, 10:05 AMUpdated Jul 26, 2026, 10:23 AMSet as preferred sourceUnlock audioJONESBORO, Arkansas – At the edge of a parking lot in the Arkansas Delta, LaDonna Glass slipped off her work boots and exchanged them for a pair of rainbow Crocs.Glass, 23, had just finished her shift as an electrician apprentice in a veterinary school building across the lot.
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