{"id":230230,"date":"2026-06-11T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/tcnj-and-mercer-county-technical-schools-launch-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:45:15","slug":"tcnj-and-mercer-county-technical-schools-launch-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/tcnj-and-mercer-county-technical-schools-launch-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"TCNJ and Mercer County Technical Schools launch AI and robotics dual enrollment pathway to build New Jersey\u2019s future workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tcnj.edu\/2026\/06\/11\/tcnj-mcts-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce\/\">TCNJ and Mercer County Technical Schools launch AI and robotics dual enrollment pathway to build New Jersey\u2019s future workforce<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tcnj.edu\/2026\/06\/11\/tcnj-mcts-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce\/\">https:\/\/news.tcnj.edu\/2026\/06\/11\/tcnj-mcts-ai-and-robotics-dual-enrollment-pathway-to-build-new-jerseys-future-workforce\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-11 15:39:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.tcnj.edu\">news.tcnj.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Technical Schools announced a groundbreaking dual enrollment partnership on June 10, 2026, to facilitate high school students&#8217; paths into AI and robotics fields.<\/li>\n<li>Funded by the Expanding Career Pathways in Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics Grant from the New Jersey Department of Education, it aims to foster workforce readiness and innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Mercer County Technical Schools is one of only two districts in the state to receive this competitive grant.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative intends to develop rigorous Career and Technical Education pathways, promoting generative AI literacy, and ensuring curriculum relevance.<\/li>\n<li>The partnership&#8217;s goal is to provide students with cutting-edge technology exposure, college credit opportunities, and career advantages through hands-on learning experiences.  <\/li>\n<li>The partnership is aimed at strengthening New Jersey&#8217;s economy by preparing students for careers in emerging technologies and innovating the state\u2019s talent pipeline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TCNJ and Mercer County Technical Schools launch AI and robotics dual enrollment pathway to build&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/news.tcnj.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/222\/2026\/06\/tcnj-and-mcts-dual-enrollment-pathway-640x427-featured-image.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-230230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230232,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230230\/revisions\/230232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}