Building an Apprenticeship System in Indiana: How the Hoosier State is Adapting the Swiss Model

In the final episode of a two-part series on apprenticeship degrees, the Future U. podcast’s Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn discuss Indiana’s adaptation of the Swiss apprenticeship model covered in the first episode. Claire Fiddian-Green, President and CEO of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, joins the hosts to explore how the state is creating scalable pathways to achieve the Swiss model’s characteristic permeability between academic and vocational tracks. As Indiana implements new high school graduation requirements to give learners more flexible, direct pathways to local industry, the episode considers the challenges and opportunities of building an apprenticeship system at scale.

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