Hands On Learning

Should Falmouth explore more hands on learning and extended learning opportunities (ELO)?

The labor market is changing. 

"Long beset by a labor crunch, the skilled trades are newly appealing to the youngest cohort of American workers, many of whom are choosing to leave the college path. Rising pay and new technologies in fields from welding to machine tooling are giving trade professions a face-lift, helping them shed the image of being dirty, low-end work. Growing skepticism about the return on a college education, the cost of which has soared in recent decades, is adding to their shine." T. Chen,  How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation,The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2024.