Not everyone assumes that life after high school automatically entails immediate enrollment in college. Many teens graduate ready to pursue a more practical education. Amy and Mike invited education market researcher Brady Colby to explain the implications of enrolling in a trade school.

What are five things you will learn in this episode?

1. What exactly is a trade school?

2. What are recent trends for trade schools?

3. Why might trade schools be getting more popular?

4. How should parents or guidance advisors incorporate trades into post-high school planning?

5. Are the rise of trade schools a threat to so-called traditional higher ed schools and opportunities?

MEET OUR GUEST

Brady Colby is the head of market research at Validated Insights, which is a higher education marketing firm. Brady was the founder of Thirty Two EDU, which was acquired by Validated Insights in 2023.

Brady and his team of higher education experts publish monthly reports on different sectors affecting higher education including quarterly OPM market reports, and quarterly trade school market reports. They have also recently published reports on the MBA Market.

Brady can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradycolby/.

LINKS

Trade School Market Insights

Trade School Enrollment Surges Post-Pandemic, Outpacing Traditional Universities

Gallup-Lumina State of Higher Education

Why These Gen Zers Are Ditching College Degrees For Blue-Collar Careers

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