A case for trade school: Could it fix higher education?

Written By Matthew Lusty

SALT LAKE CITY — Work boots. Hooded sweatshirt underneath a Carhartt jacket. Tool belt. Truck.

That's the perception for many of a career after trade school.

Nathan Meyer thought so, too. Although he’d taken classes in high school for CPR and EMT training at Davis Technical College, the local "trade school," he didn’t consider it an option for his higher education route.

Instead, he took the prescribed path to achieve his goal of earning a doctorate in botany — enrolling at Weber State University.

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