As America’s key industries offer high salaries in return for candidates with the necessary abilities and credentials to fill their vacancies, the knowledge, skills, and third-party industry credentials earned in secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs seem a close match. Using a nonexperimental, quantitative study, this research shows in prospective dollars earned and tax revenues collected for five years of CTE industry credentials’ the economic value for students and Virginia’s treasury. The implications of this research enable policymakers, school leaders, and CTE advocates to reshape popular misperceptions of CTE and industry credentials, enhance high school students’ career and postsecondary education outcomes, and add to state treasuries.
The need to support learning and provide equal access to information does not stop when a health emergency arises. It becomes even more important, and as such, libraries of all types in the Commonwealth quickly responded to 2020's emerging crisis by enhancing existing services and creating innovative new services, proving that once again, library staff are vital participants in providing for the well-being of patrons. This column explores how library workers and libraries in Virginia quickly adapted to restrictions imposed as the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread.
The Editorial Board is pleased to present volume sixty-five (Vol. 65) of Virginia Libraries. This volume reflects a wide range of articles, in terms of both topic and article type, and the Editorial Board is grateful to all the authors who worked with us this year. Amidst the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, change and adaptation is a theme that runs through this volume. From career changes, to changing services in response to the pandemic, to reflections on the challenges of making institutional changes, the authors in this volume offer practical suggestions, examples, and best practices for those engaging with change in many forms.
