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  • Apprentice Nation

  • How the Earn and Learn Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America
  • By: Ryan Craig
  • Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
  • Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Apprentice Nation

By: Ryan Craig
Narrated by: Lewis Arlt
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For decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical skills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student-loan debt.

Fortunately, college is not America’s only option. In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn—ultimately leading to greater economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility.

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-The history behind America’s outdated college system.

-Why apprenticeships are such an effective pathway to career opportunity.

-Why America lags so far behind other countries when it comes to apprenticeship opportunities and what we can do to catch up.

-Where students and job seekers can go to land an apprenticeship.

With an easy-to-reference directory of US apprenticeship programs by industry and geography, Craig’s Apprentice Nation is an accessible blueprint for a country where young Americans of all backgrounds can launch careers in tech, healthcare, finance, and more—without losing four critical, career-building years and tens of thousands to college tuition and student loans. With just a few common-sense changes to education and workforce development, an apprentice nation will place the American Dream within reach—for everyone.

©2023 Ryan Craig (P)2023 Dreamscape Media
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I appreciated the balance of statistics with common sense. The book was well balanced and educational.

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Best book I’ve read on real alternatives to the broken Higher Ed System

Fantastic critique of the outdated education system in the US. The book clearly articulates how far behind the US is compared to other countries and the need for a new approach to ensure our global competitiveness in tech and other sectors. Ryan provides some real word examples of alternatives to Higher Education that are working and that, with the right support, could help provide far better outcomes for job seekers and employers.

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