Will the Real Apprentice Please Stand Up?

Mary Alice McCarthy wrote for the Hill about President-elect Trump's opportunity to expand the U.S. apprenticeship system:

Before Donald Trump pulled off the most stunning electoral upset in American history, he spent time playing the role of a seasoned mentor to a new crop of apprentices each week.

But we didn’t hear much about “The Apprentice” from the Trump campaign, despite the show’s popularity. That was a missed opportunity. There are many reasons that program was popular – and one is surely that, in today’s fast-paced, competitive market, people like the idea of learning on the job from an experienced master. Apprenticeship really is a time-tested model for developing young talent that works well for workers and employers alike.