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Economic Trends and Labor Demands
Suggest Value in Career Technical Education, Says CompTIA President and CEO
Friends of CTE Blog Series Provides
Platform for CTE Advocates
Silver Spring, MD, May 16, 2012
– Economic trends, labor demands and research are signaling that Career
Technical Education (CTE) programs are a valued educational approach that
prepares students to enter the workplace and succeed, said Todd Thibodeaux
, CompTIA president and CEO, in a recent blog.
In a new Friends of CTE blog, Thibodeaux highlighted the
significance of engaging students and giving them the opportunity to learn
marketable skills and industry-recognized credentials toward employment.
CompTIA is a non-profit trade association dedicated to advancing the
global interests of professionals and companies.
“More states, school
districts, government leaders and students themselves are demanding improved
preparation in career readiness in the form of industry certifications and
Career Technical Education (CTE) programs,” Thibodeaux said.
“In our particular quadrant of the
professional world, the technical industry, there’s an increasing opinion
within the academic world in the importance of technical training to prepare
for a career beyond that academic degree.”
The Friends of CTE Blog is a monthly
guest blog piece hosted by the National Association of State Directors of
Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc). The blog provides advocates –
from business and industry, the research community and organizations – an
opportunity to articulate their support for CTE. Guest bloggers provide their
perspective on and experience with CTE as it relates to policy, the economy and
education. Read CompTIA’s blog at http://blog.careertech.org/?p=6220.
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