One Trade Schools Path to Success

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 12:36 p.m.

Kay S. Hymowitz\xa0joins\xa0City Journal\xa0editor\xa0Brian Anderson\xa0to discuss Pennsylvania\u2019s Williamson College of the Trades, a three-year school for young men offering a debt-free path to high-paying work\u2014and the life skills to help them get there.

\u201cTrade schools\u201d have long had a stigma in American culture, but Williamson is no ordinary trade school: students wake up early to the sound of reveille and attend academic classes in coats and ties. As Hymowitz\xa0writes\xa0in\xa0City Journal\u2019s\xa0autumn issue, \u201cWith its old-timey rituals, rigorous scheduling, and immersive culture, Williamson has a military-school feel.\u201d But according to the students she interviewed, the prospect of a good-paying career makes the strict rules more than worth it.