Why not try a little helpscrolling for a change? Q&A with Dr. Nitin Agarwal Editor’s note: A federal judge recently found Meta and YouTube liable for negligence, ruling that their social media platforms were designed to be addictive and harmed a young user’s health. For more on what this means—both for tech companies and their […]
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MEET KENDALL YOUNGAge: 32Hometown: Sheridan, ARApprenticeship: Strong Manufacturing MY BACK STORYI lived in Pine Bluff until I was probably about 5 or 6 years old, and then we moved to Hunter, Arkansas, which is up near Brinkley. We lived there for probably about seven years. I have one brother and one sister. My brother is
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(And what to do instead) Clint Hankinson AFTER SUBMITTING DOZENS of job applications, weaving your way through multiple applicant-tracking systems, and agonizing over too many A.I.-generated rejection emails, you’ve landed an interview…with a real person…with one of your top organizations! Great job! But don’t drop your guard. The exciting work is just beginning. You
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The Director’s Chair IT’S MAY AGAIN, and that means graduation day. So congratulations to all who’re taking that big step this month, from whatever level of schooling you’re receiving that diploma. That said, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you there’s always anxiety accompanying that much-anticipated certificate, and perhaps this year brings more anxiety
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A very short history of some very long strides With commentary by Lonnie Emard IT’S BEEN LESS than 40 years since the concept of Registered Apprenticeships was first entered into Arkansas law, and just over a decade since apprenticeships beyond the trades began actually taking shape in the state. And yet today Arkansas ranks second
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115 years of workforce in progress FOR MORE THAN a century, apprenticeships have helped U.S. workers build careers and live fulfilling lives. For this special issue of the Apprenticely newsletter, we commissioned ChatGPT to produce a timeline showing how the concept of Registered Apprenticeships (RA) grew from a trade-focused training method into a broadly
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On an innovation campus, apprenticeships and internships are just some of the benefits Stephen Addison IN THE FALL semester of 2026, the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) will open an innovation campus. What is an innovation campus? It’s a shared environment in which students and faculty collaborate on projects and work opportunities with industrial
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The Director’s Chair IN LATE 2018 WHEN the nonprofit now known as Apprenticely was formed as the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS), most people thought that apprenticeships were a quaint remnant of the Industrial Revolution, if not Europe’s Middle Ages, relevant now mostly to the trades and construction. Eight years later, apprenticeships are fully
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MEET CLAIRE OLIVERAge: 30Hometown: Jacksonville, FL/Bentonville, ARApprenticeship: Rocket Software, NextGen Academy MY BACK STORYI say that my hometown is split right down the middle between Jacksonville, Florida, and Bentonville, Arkansas—but I was born in Philadelphia. When I was growing up, we moved pretty frequently: Philadelphia; Dusseldorf, Germany; Jacksonville; Northwest Arkansas. My dad was a sales
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