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vocational education

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noun

  1. educational training that provides practical experience in a particular occupational field, as agriculture, home economics, or industry.


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Workforce Pell has an additional effect: It recognizes the importance of vocational education to many workers’ futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

And from the party’s centrist wing, former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel describes his program as “build, baby, build,” arguing that Democrats should focus on making housing affordable and expanding technical and vocational education.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2025

In the end, wrote Burger, the track record of the Amish in maintaining alternative modes of informal vocational education was a showing “that probably few other religious groups or sects could make.”

From Slate Jul. 1, 2025

Each higher education institution will be given an individual restriction, the government announced on Tuesday, with the biggest cuts to be borne by vocational education and training providers.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2024

I do not believe that specialized vocational education should ever be introduced at the expense of thorough training in the subjects that already hold their place in the curriculum.

From Craftsmanship in Teaching by Bagley, William Chandler

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