Next Generation in Trucking Association Announces 2025 Career Catalyst Award Winners In a powerful move toward building a sustainable and younger trucking workforce, the Next Generation in Trucking Association has
The Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) was more than a trade show—it was a launching pad for future careers. This year, nearly 600 Career and Technical Education (CTE) students attended MATS
Next Generation in Trucking (NGT is proud to host our upcoming Train the Trainer event on June 2–3 at Patterson High School in Patterson, California, led by nationally recognized educator
Having just returned from the Educating for Careers Conference in Sacramento, California it was amazing to see the momentum being carried into the CTE sector. In just a few years
The trucking industry is facing a workforce crisis—Baby Boomers are retiring, birth rates are declining, and too many young people are unaware of the high-wage, high-demand careers available in trucking
Jan 27, 2025 – An organization that introduces high school students to the trucking industry has created two new awards. truckersnews.com
November 25, 2024 – Where is our next generation of truck drivers, technicians, and other trucking people going to come from? Lindsey Trent has been working to find an answer.
Nov. 13, 2024 – Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 97th Annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, where I discussed careers in transportation with the youth of America in
September 12, 2024 – Patterson High School teacher Dave Dein was awarded the 2025 Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Teacher of the Year, for his outstanding work in
Sept 3, 2024 – The Trucking Cares Foundation recently donated $40,000 to the Next Generation in Trucking Foundation, which will use the grant money to develop a fitness course for
April 26, 2024 — Dave Dein, who has been leading an effort to get truck-driver education into high schools, recently was honored as the 2025 California Association of Career and
April 21, 2024 – In recognition of his work to promote the trucking industry and provide training and education to a new generation, Dave Dein has been named California’s 2025
April 15, 2024 — Patterson, Calif. — More students are getting behind the wheel of trucks as dozens of high schools across the U.S. offer classes to help them obtain
February 23, 2024 — Most companies attending the Recruiting & Retention Conference say they have held on to their human resource professionals as trucking industry recruiters endure the freight recession.
November 23, 2023 – It’s not too often you’ll hear even a novice compare a golf cart to an 18-wheeler. But for a portion of Patterson High School’s truck driving
October 12, 2023 — The Next Generation in Trucking Foundation (NGT) is launching a first-of-its-kinds “NGT Curriculum Companion ” to support high school Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) programs nationwide. The
November 20, 2023 – Eduardo is a 4.0 GPA student getting his hands on the big rig wheel and his eyes on a high-tech career. Leilani is a diesel technician
October 17, 2023— This month, the Next Generation in Trucking (NGT) Foundation is launching the first-of-its-kind NGT Curriculum Companion to support high school Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) programs nationwide. Fleetowner.com
October 11, 2023 – The Next Generation in Trucking Foundation (NGT) is launching a first-of-its-kind “NGT Curriculum Companion” to support high school Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) programs nationwide. The Curriculum,
October 10, 2023 — The Next Generation in Trucking (NGT) Foundation announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind NGT Curriculum Companion to support high school commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs nationwide.
September 8, 2023 – They’re the backbone of the American Economy, moving freight – from food and clothes to fuel and life-saving medicines – across the country to a store
July 17, 2023 – An Ann Arbor, Mich., community college says the demand for more truck drivers and the popularity of its training program are the main reasons why a
JULY 3, 2023 – Recruitment and retention were the focus of conversation during the most recent meeting of the Women of Trucking Advisory Board. The group held its third meeting
June 23, 2023 – How Fleets Are Attracting The Next Generation of Drivers. In the years ahead, the essential task of hauling the nation’s freight and keeping the economy rolling
May 24, 2023 – Love’s Travel Stops recently made a donation to the Patterson High School Truck Driving Program that enabled the California school to create a distracted/impaired driving course
April 24, 2023 – High school students in Parke county have been getting behind-the-wheel on the road to getting their CDL licenses. Over the past spring semester, Parke Heritage High
April 21, 2023 – Plenty of people love and are enthralled by trucks at an early age. Think of the excitement of a child running to the window in the
April 18, 2023 – With the great resignation and the majority of the truck driver population aging toward retirement, attracting young drivers needs to be one of a carrier’s top
March 23, 2023 – The Next Generation in Trucking Association is using a recently awarded grant to expand a driver training program for high schoolers beyond its California roots. Co-founder
March 23, 2024 – Parked on the Port of Stockton grounds Thursday were two black and white Nikola zero emission semi-trucks that were being shown to truck driver fleets. Nikola
The U.S. is battling its biggest worker shortage in 80 years. In the first quarter of 2022, analysts at financial services company Goldman Sachs said there were 4.6 million more jobs than
March 12, 2023 – With the new need to attract new employees to careers in trucking, leets can use an array of technologies to bolster recuiting and retain more of
March 7, 2023 – An organization introducing truck driving as a career option to high school students recently received a grant from the philanthropic arm of a major air brake
March 2023 – One of our goals at the Next Generation in Trucking Association is to make it as easy as possible to promote trucking careers to students. In 2022
October 28, 2022 – On the grounds of Williamsport High School in western Maryland, three 17-year-olds pile into the cab of a white Volvo truck, pens and pads in hand.
October 25, 2022 – The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today four finalists for the 2022 Influential Woman in Trucking award, sponsored by Daimler Truck North America. This is
September 20, 2022 – More high schools are exploring truck driving programs as the industry looks to recruit and train the next generation of drivers. Patterson High School in Patterson,
September 16, 2022 – From labor shortages to higher fuel costs to supply chain issues, truck drivers have been in the thick of it. It’s a job that impacts nearly
September 12, 2022 – At Melton Truck Lines (CCJ Top 250, No. 84) drivers can take their home time anywhere in the country. That was a big selling point for
October 28, 2021 – Patterson High School in California introduced a supply chain and logistics program to senior students, offering truck driving certification upon graduation as well as other trade
19 Oct, 2021 – A guest on “Morning in America” proposes a youth solution to the supply chain bottleneck… News Nation
October 16, 2021 – When thinking about the trucking industry, the first thing that comes to mind about its drivers is that they tend to be older — industry experts
October 13, 2021 – Patterson High School in California is introducing students to the possibility of a career in truck driving, an industry facing worker shortages impacting the nation’s supply
13 Oct, 2021 – Patterson High School in California is introducing students to the possibility of a career in truck driving, an industry facing worker shortages impacting the nation’s Fox
Hiring teenagers might help with the nationwide truck driver shortage, but you still don’t generally see them behind the wheel of a big rig. Now that’s changing. Inside Edition spoke to a California 17-year-old,
September 29, 2021 – Javier Diaz went down the wrong path early in life. He used drugs, was involved in gang activity and got into trouble at school — he
August 20, 2021 – Trucking’s age-old problem has been just that — the age of its drivers. The median age of a truck driver is 46, which is five years
Patterson High School teach Dave Dein discisses his efforts to raise money for his students by trucking for summer amid driver shortage. Foxnews
July 14, 2021 – The Next Generation in Trucking Association (NGT) is partnering with high schools and community colleges across the country to launch truck driver and technician training programs,
July 20, 2021 – The driver and technician shortage has been at the forefront of trucking discourse for years, ranking as the top industry concern since 2017. Though quick, immediate
July 14, 2021 – A recently launched non-profit, the Next Generation in Trucking Association, has partnered with schools in Kentucky, Wisconsin and California, to provide commercial driver’s license and diesel
A new organization has one goal in mind: convince young people to join the trucking industry. The Next Generation in Trucking Association, recently announced new school partnerships to provide CDL driver
July 14, 2021 – A recently launched non-profit, The Next Generation in Trucking Association, announced new school partnerships to provide CDL driver and diesel technician programs for young adults in
June 3, 2021 – Talks of labor shortages and truck driver safety are common themes at industry conferences, in newsletters, editorials and even watercooler conversations — with good reason. But
CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly – Nonprofit group partners with high schools and community colleges to train the next generation of truck drivers and technicians.
Only six high schools in the U.S. offer CDL driver programs. One of those can be found at Patterson High School in Patterson, California. The program, which was created in