Commentary: Illinois could lower unemployment with more apprenticeship programs – Chicago Sun-Times

Joshua Bandoch, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "Illinois needs to fix its 'skills gap' problem. It can do that in part by prioritizing skills-based training and apprentice-type programs that get people the skills and training they need to have a career without a college degree. To get there, we must first discard the 'college is best' model that’s not working."