As “Big Name” schools reach out to minority communities (“Syracuse’s Slide,” The Chronicle, October 2), there is bound to arise justifiable suspicion about the quality of such students. After all, ...

CENTER. WELL, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT FINDING A TRUSTED AUTO MECHANIC OR TECHNICIAN IS MAYBE HARDER THAN YOU THOUGHT. INDUSTRY EXPERTS ARE SAYING THERE IS ALREADY A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE AND THERE AREN’T ...

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College has rebooted its automotive technology program with a new instructor, new curriculum and a renewed focus on workforce readiness that includes a course on electric ...

The job fell in his lap. In April, Jaime Diaz, 22, was working as a tire technician at America’s Tire, in Signal Hill, and taking classes in Long Beach City College’s automotive technology program ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 76,600 auto mechanics are needed to be trained annually through 2016. There are only 1,500 students enrolled in New Jersey high school vo-tech programs, ...