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, ...

Dealership service managers are complaining about a rusty old clunker that's gumming up their operations: America's vocational education system. Traditional schools are steering more students toward ...

Cuyamaca College is adding a new associates degree that partners with local, independent repair shops to address a shortage of qualified auto mechanics. "We need to bring younger people into our ...

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 ...

Mike Witt graduated in May from Ford's ASSET program, a partnership with the automaker, schools and Ford and Lincoln dealerships to train technicians. He studied in the ASSET program at Des Moines ...