Going wide: Decentralized college of nursing helps fill state shortage

Montana’s 1.1 million people sometimes drive an hour or two to get medical care. The cities have hospitals, but 46 of the 56 counties are designated as “frontier.” A nurse practitioner is often the only health care provider in those sparsely populated areas.
Montana State University graduates about 300 registered nurses, 15 to 20 family nurse practitioners and 10 to 12 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners annually. But it’s not enough. 
That is about to change. 
A Texas couple, Mark and...

Career Technical partnerships open career doors

When Tim Mosley graduated from high school 40 years ago, he says he wouldn’t have believed someone who told him he’d be the manager of field personnel for a global construction company.
It was not an accident. For more than 50 years, Haskell, an architecture, engineering and construction company in Jacksonville, Fla., has partnered with the Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA) and high schools in the region to recruit young people for its apprenticeships. 
Clay County, south of Jackson...

Catholic high schools embrace CTE education

The nation’s 1,100-plus Catholic high schools have typically focused on preparing for
college. But that’s beginning to change. Catholic schools are now exploring career and technical education to prepare students for the workforce.
Mercy Catholic Career & Technical High School in Philadelphia is the only Catholic CTE in
the country. The Sisters of Mercy school is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
It’s the role model for St. Peter’s Catholic Career & Technical High School in Houston,
which is in...