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AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2023

College isn’t for everyone. It’s time to challenge the status quo and embrace the potential of apprenticeships: a more inclusive, affordable, and sustainable pathway to economic opportunity.

For decades, college has been the only respectable way to access the world of work, despite paralyzing tuition and a dire lack of practical skills that has left 40 percent of college graduates underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to repay student loan debt.

Fortunately, college is not America’s only option. In Apprentice Nation, education and workforce expert Ryan Craig explores how a modern apprenticeship system will allow students and job seekers to jumpstart their careers by learning while they earn — ultimately leading to greater economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility.

Readers will learn:

• The history behind America’s outdated college system, from the inception of the Ivy League to the recent student debt crises and admissions scandals
• Why apprenticeships are such an effective pathway to career opportunity
• Why America lags so far behind other countries when it comes to apprenticeship opportunities and what we can do to catch up
• Where students and job seekers can go to land an apprenticeship

With an easy-to-reference directory of US apprenticeship programs by industry and geography, Craig’s Apprentice Nation is an accessible blueprint for a country where young Americans of all backgrounds can launch careers in tech, healthcare, finance, and more—without losing four critical, career-building years and tens of thousands to college tuition and student loans. With just a few common-sense changes to  education and workforce development, an apprentice nation will place the American Dream within reach—for everyone.

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About the Author

Ryan  Craig

Ryan Craig is Managing Director of University Ventures, an investment firm reimagining the future of higher education and creating new pathways from education to employment. He is the author of College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education and his commentary on where the puck is going in higher education regularly appears in Forbes, EdSurge, Inside Higher Education, TechCrunch and VentureBeat, among others.Prior to founding University Ventures, Ryan led the Education Training sector at Warburg Pincus where he was the founding Director of Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), one of the largest online universities in the United States. Ryan has also served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Education and worked with various colleges and universities, such as Columbia and UCLA.

Ryan lives in Pacific Palisades, CA with his wife Yahlin and his three boys, Leo, Hal, and Zev, whose antics often appear in his articles. Decades ago, Ryan was the beneficiary of a traditional postsecondary education experience with bachelor’s degrees summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University, and a law degree from the Yale Law School.

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