Career Programs Set For Springdale
STATE BOARD WILL HEAR REQUEST DEC. 9
Posted: December 5, 2010 at 6:18 a.m.
Dempsey Brown, right, automotive instructor for Northwest Technical Institute, instructs high school students Jeff Baker, left, and Jacob Robertson on a transmission they are working on in NTI's automotive technology class Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010 at the school in Springdale. NTI wants to be the official provider of vocational-technical classes for high school students and is applying with the state to be the Òsecondary career center.
Free classes in auto repair and other career fields will remain available to high school students under an arrangement to shift those programs from NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville to Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale.
AT A GLANCE
Northwest Technical Institute
Northwest Technical Institute, a vocational-technical school in Springdale, awards certificates to students who complete a field of study. The school does not award college degrees. It is overseen by the governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Career Education.
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