Wisconsin/German Apprenticeship Collaboration Yields New Strategies to Strengthen Workforce and Advance a Thriving Economy

This past April, UWM’s Institute of World Affairs Director, Doug Savage, traveled to Bonn, Koblenz, and Berlin Germany with leaders from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and Milwaukee Area Technical College to research new strategies to boost apprenticeship on both sides of the Atlantic. Upon his return, he shared some insights from his travels abroad and strategies we can further explore.

Q. Please tell us the purpose of your recent trip to Bonn, Koblenz, and Berlin with faculty from MATC and representatives from Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD).

A. Building on previous programming and exchanges, the trip was designed to explore best practices in Germany for creating student pathways into skilled apprenticeships and resulting careers supporting the 21st century economy. The goal is to develop a comprehensive educational model in Wisconsin in which students can begin their training in high school through dual enrollment programs, obtain professional certification through apprenticeships and technical college curricula, and if they choose, continue on to a university degree....

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