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By Douglas Belkin | Photographs by Valerie Plesch for The Wall Street Journal March 16, 2023 5:30 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Last spring Dina Sosa Cruz sat with her parents and sister in the family's living room and reviewed her options: a full academic ride to the University of the District of Columbia, or an apprenticeship in the insurance industry. The college route meant at the end of four years the 22-year-old would have a degree, a little debt and no work experience. The apprenticeship would leave her with a two-year degree, money in the bank and training in a profession that appealed to her. 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