[ti:While Some Students Skip College, Trade Schools Are Growing]
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[00:00.04]Almost every area of higher education
[00:03.12]in the United States
[00:05.04]has fewer students registering for classes.
[00:08.72]But many trade programs are growing.
[00:13.16]Trade programs teach students skills for specific jobs,
[00:17.88]like electricians or car repair.
[00:21.84]For many students,
[00:23.20]skilled trades offer a clearer path to a job.
[00:28.52]The National Student Clearing House
[00:30.84]says from spring 2021 to 2022,
[00:35.24]some trade programs grew as much as 19.3 percent.
[00:41.08]Meanwhile, the overall number of students
[00:44.32]declined by 7.8 percent
[00:46.76]at public two-year colleges
[00:49.20]and about 3.4 percent
[00:51.48]at public four-year colleges.
[00:54.56]That is the case
[00:55.80]in the American state of Tennessee.
[00:59.24]Despite having free tuition since 2015,
[01:03.04]the overall number of students
[01:05.40]going to the state's community colleges
[01:08.04]declined during the pandemic.
[01:10.80]But at the Tennessee College
[01:13.08]of Applied Technology
[01:14.76](TCAT) many trade programs
[01:18.20]have continued to grow.
[01:21.36]TCAT is a network of 24 colleges
[01:25.16]that offers training for 70 different jobs.
[01:29.16]At TCAT Nashville,
[01:31.76]several programs have waiting lists.
[01:35.40]The college has added
[01:37.24]night classes to meet demand,
[01:39.52]said Nathan Garrett, president of the college.
[01:45.12]TCAT centers on training students
[01:47.88]for jobs that are in demand in the area.
[01:51.08]Garrett said the pandemic
[01:53.52]made certain jobs more desirable.
[01:57.80]"When we look at ‘essential workers,'
[02:00.36]a lot of those trades
[02:02.12]never saw a slowdown," he said.
[02:04.80]"They still hired. They still have the need."
[02:09.44]Cheven Jones is attending
[02:11.44]an automotive trade school
[02:13.52]at the TCAT in Nashville.
[02:16.16]The 26-year-old said when he was in high school
[02:20.56]he did not know what he wanted to do.
[02:24.04]He said that his "biggest fear
[02:26.48]was to go to college,
[02:28.32]put in all that time and effort
[02:31.16]and then not use my degree."
[02:35.24]Robert Nivyayo said he did not like high school.
[02:39.04]But he knew what he wanted to do earlier in life.
[02:43.40]He spent most of his free time
[02:46.44]watching videos about fixing up cars
[02:49.56]before he was old enough to drive.
[02:53.56]Training in car repair made sense for him, he said,
[02:57.60]because he could earn a working document
[03:00.56]while doing what he enjoyed.
[03:03.60]Now 19,
[03:05.08]Nivyayo looks forward to the money he will earn
[03:08.28]when he gets a job in an auto shop.
[03:11.48]He can expect to make about $40,000
[03:15.48]to $60,000 a year, his instructor said.
[03:20.80]Laura Monks is the president of TCAT Shelbyville.
[03:25.00]She said one of the reasons students like TCAT
[03:29.24]is the school's "co-op" program.
[03:32.36]It gives students
[03:33.96]who are close to finishing their studies
[03:36.24]a chance to get real work experience
[03:39.36]toward their degree.
[03:41.88]Brayden Johnson, 20,
[03:44.44]is studying industrial maintenance automation.
[03:48.24]As part of the "co-op" program,
[03:51.12]he works as an electrical maintenance technician
[03:54.56]in a local factory
[03:56.44]that makes containers for toothpaste.
[03:59.28]Johnson earns $26 an hour
[04:02.68]and hopes to stay in the job
[04:05.08]after he finishes at TCAT this spring.
[04:10.44]Garrett of Nashville
[04:12.32]said to get real work experience
[04:15.12]in TCAT's "co-op" program is important.
[04:19.08]He noted that the employer
[04:21.64]reports back to the student's instructor,
[04:24.28]so they know where the student is doing well
[04:27.52]and where they are struggling.
[04:29.92]That way,
[04:31.40]they can work on those weaknesses in class.
[04:35.36]For Cheven Jones, his plan is to fix up his car
[04:39.16]by the time he finishes the trade program
[04:42.28]and have fun while doing it.
[04:45.44]"It's school, and I take it seriously.
[04:48.32]But you know, you come here,
[04:50.52]and it just feels more like you're at a shop
[04:53.56]hanging out with your homies all day," Jones said.
[04:57.04]"It's a good feeling."
[04:58.72]I'm Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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