Trade schools are gaining popularity as an alternative to four-year colleges. Short-term vocational certificates are the fastest growing type of postsecondary credential, but their value is debated.

Gen-Z is "waking up" to seeing the value in trade schools as enrollment is increasing after several decades of young people overlooking the practice, one welding school CEO says. "It's getting a ...

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