In a new survey, 80% of high school students said they put a higher value on job training than a college degree. K-12 schools in Wisconsin are increasingly being incentivized to expose students to a full range of career options before leaving high school. More students are choosing apprenticeships over college for good wages and benefits while learning on the job and at state-of-the-art training centers without student loan debt. Wisconsin’s Registered Apprenticeship Program has over 16,000 enrolled apprentices. In this video from Building Wisconsin TV, Plumbers Local 75 apprentice Christina B. tells why she switched from college to a plumbing apprenticeship.
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