NGT In the News

May 12, 2025 – The Next Generation in Trucking Association, a non-profit dedicated to engaging high school and community college students to promote interest in trucking careers, has recognized 16

May 9, 2025 – The Next Generation in Trucking Association has recognized 16 trucking fleets as recipients of the 2025 Career Catalyst Award. The award program, new in 2025, honors

Driver shortage prompts action from legislators January 30, 2025 – The United States trucking industry continues to face a significant challenge: a shortage of drivers. As of late 2024, the

Jan 27, 2025 – An organization that introduces high school students to the trucking industry has created two new awards. truckersnews.com

Jan 13, 2025 – The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $200,000 for a wide variety of charitable causes in 2024, from supporting disaster relief and workforce development to combatting human trafficking

If you spend any amount of time on popular social media sites, you no doubt have seen your stream of posts filled with ads for Black Friday sales. Black Friday

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

Oct. 1, 2024 – The trucking industry is supported by many organizations promoting various segments, policies, and more. Here is a look at these trade organizations and how they help

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

September 3, 2024 – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded nearly $3.5 million to 27 colleges and schools for commercial driver license training programs with the largest grants

August 30, 2024 – The Trucking Cares Foundation recently donated $40,000 to the Next Generation in Trucking Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to training the next generation of trucking industry professionals. Fleetowner

August 28, 2024 – The Trucking Cares Foundation, the trucking industry’s charitable arm, donated $40,000 to the Next Generation in Trucking Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to engaging and training the

July 19, 2024 – Learn what the Next Generation in Trucking Association is doing to bring more drivers and technicians into trucking as a first career choice. Heavy Duty Trucking

May 23, 2024 – The meandering path to licensing drivers 18-21 years old to operate commercial vehicles across state lines received a bit of reprieve as Congress looks to revise

May 14, 2024 – Trucking companies can start reaching younger audiences by making their presence known at high school and technical college career fairs, implementing training programs that target younger

May 6, 2024 – TMSA’s Purpose Award honors the top five companies within the transportation and logistics industry that demonstrate a commitment to corporate social responsibility, community engagement and sustainability.

May 2, 2024 – California’s Patterson High School is the home base of Dave Dein and his well-known, in some ways pioneering, CDL truck driving instruction program for high school

May 1, 2024 – California’s Patterson High School is the home base of Dave Dein and his well-known, in some ways pioneering, CDL truck driving instruction program for high school

April 30, 2024 – A lack of qualified commercial truck drivers and an aging driver population remains pressing concerns within the trucking sector.  CCJ

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

TT News (Transport Topics) – An all-volunteer effort is working with educators to help raise awareness of truck driving careers among students.

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

Inside Edition – Inside Edition visited student participants of Patterson High School who are participating in one of the first truck-driving programs.

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