March 12, 1999

Technical Colleges at a Crossroads

By JEFFREY SELINGO

As states push for expanded academic programs, are they abandoning hands-on training?

In a locker-lined hallway inside Elizabethtown Technical College, students recently daydreamed aloud about $11-an-hour jobs at a nearby plant that builds chassis for Ford trucks. Just across the street, meanwhile, a different kind of future excited backpack-toting students at Elizabethtown Community College. Their

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