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Philadelphia Tribune - Spring 2009 Education Guide - Index

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Developing recessionproof
job skills—vocational
abilities that tend to be in
demand, regardless of the
economic climate—could be
an important key to financial
security.
In addition to serving as
the basis for lifelong career
paths, vocational skills can
help replace a job from a
less-stable field that’s been
lost. Plus, the skills can be
used to supplement an income
or help pay for college.
Experts say safe trades gen-
erally considered recessionresistant
include:
• Automotive repair
• Cosmetology
• Health care skills.
Learning such skills has
become a top priority for
many young people, with
one school even requiring its
students to complete a vocational-training
and a military-training
program, in
addition to an academic cur-
Philadelphia Tribune Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Teaching recession-resistant job skills
riculum.
Mooseheart Child City &
School in Illinois—which
serves children and teens in
need—works to provide each
graduate with a variety of
options for career and economic
self-sufficiency. Offering
a range of choices to
satisfy diverse interests, it
has vocational programs focused
on trades such as automotive
mechanics, cosmetology
and hairstyling, and
health occupations. In addition,
students in grades 9
through 12 are members of
the Naval Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps
(NJROTC) unit.
Nearly 90 percent of all
the school’s graduates go on
to a two- or four-year college,
and all who are academically
qualified receive
money to do so.
Additionally, a number of
the school’s students use
their vocational expertise to
support themselves during
their college years. For instance,
one former student
uses her vocation in cosmetology
to help pay for her college
expenses.
Founders
From Page 2
Join the Cheyney family as we
mark the beginning of a new era
in the endeavors begun with
those who shared Humphrey’s
vision.
Cheyney University is the nation’s
oldest historically Black
institution of higher education.
It is also the only Historically
The student was awarded
a $36,000 academic scholarship
from Moose International,
a fraternal organization of
nearly 1.5 million men and
women that supports the
school. In addition, her vocational
training has enabled
her to find work in her chosen
field while going to
school.
Many students pursue careers
in their vocational expertise,
while others enlist in
the military, often at a higher
level of pay and rank because
of their NJROTC training.
For more information, visit
www.mooseheart.org.
Black College and University
(HBCU) in the Pennsylvania
State System of Higher Education.
At its inception, the school
successfully provided free classical
education for qualified young
people, and today the university
offers baccalaureate degrees in
more than 30 disciplines and six
master’s degree programs. For
more information, please visit
the website at
http://www.cheyney.edu.