Students will encounter a wide range of obstacles over the course of their academic careers. As students progress through academia, many learn to overcome new challenges by looking back on past experiences when they faced obstacles and ultimately prevailed. Younger students do not necessarily have that history of overcoming academic challenges to help them when faced with fresh obstacles. When

The educational landscape is shifting, and those shifts are wide-ranging. One of the more notable shifts to occur in recent years involves an increase in student interest and enrollment in vocational and trade programs. According to the National Student Clearing house, enrollment in vocational and trade programs grew by nearly 20 percent between the spring of 2020 and the spring of 2025. Students