Ira Porter

Nov 22, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Ira Porter

U.S. colleges and universities have faced a number of challenges in recent years, such as fewer students and the rocky rollout of the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action on campuses also changed admissions. Freshman enrollment declined at colleges for the first time since 2020, with a 5% drop in first-year students.

Oct 31, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Ira Porter

William Muir heard about Intel coming to Ohio during a ride to work. “My Uber driver and I were talking about how we weren’t making that much money,” remembers the line cook. “She told me about the plant coming, and that they were investing billions of dollars.”Why We Wrote ThisA story focused onA major step in moving the dial on postsecondary career and technical education comes during a nationwide push to bolster middle-skill labor,andget Americans to work.

Oct 31, 2024 | everand.com | Ira Porter

On a 1,000-acre plot of land in New Albany, Ohio, 15 miles northeast of Columbus, dozens of cranes tower in the sky, their jibs and booms moving while hooks swing back and forth. They are building, and their work will beget more work for many years to come. Intel is coming. The semiconductor behemoth based in Silicon Valley is building two chip manufacturing plants at a cost of $20 billion. The company estimates they will bring 3,000 new jobs to this Rust Belt state.

Oct 23, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Ira Porter

At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, high school senior Reid Rogers is embracing a hands-on education. “It’s very interactive,” he says of the program. “And for me personally, that makes learning a lot more fun and a lot less boring.” Why We Wrote ThisThe career and technical education of today doesn’t look the same as the vocational ed of years ago. Not only have the offerings changed, but so, too, have the expectations about where it leads. Part 1 of 2.

Oct 23, 2024 | everand.com | Ira Porter

It’s just after 8:30 on a sunny Tuesday morning, and Kailyn Roush is all smiles. She is eager to traverse familiar terrain: the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The zoo doesn’t open for another 30 minutes, which gives her plenty of time to film a “keeper talk,” an informational video about an animal. Kailyn and her project partner, Maddie Hehl, wrote and edited the script. They and another student, Maddie Howman, walk to the Asia Quest exhibit and find the red pandas – mother Kora and daughter Santi.